excretion
pronunciation
How to pronounce excretion in British English:
UK [ɛksˈkriːʃən]
How to pronounce excretion in American English:
US [ɪkˈskriʃən]
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- Noun:
- the bodily process of discharging waste matter
- waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
Word Origin
- excretion (n.)
- c. 1600, "action of excreting;" 1620s, "that which is excreted," from French excrétion (16c.), from Latin excretionem (nominative excretio), noun of action from past participle stem of excernere "to sift out, separate" (see excrement).
Example
- 1. Alcohol can inhabit the excretion of uric acid .
- 2. The formation and excretion of sweat .
- 3. Sex outstrips even excretion as a source of euphemism .
- 4. Research rp - hplc determination of glaucocalyxin a in rat plasma and its pharmacokinetic and excretion .
- 5. Urine sediment excretion rate per hour .