EXCRETE

excrete, egest, eliminate, pass

(verb) eliminate from the body; “Pass a kidney stone”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

excrete (third-person singular simple present excretes, present participle excreting, simple past and past participle excreted)

(biology, ambitransitive) To discharge material (including waste products) from a cell, body or system.

Synonyms

See urinate and defecate

Source: Wiktionary


Ex*crete", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excreted; p. pr. & vb. n. Excreting.] Etym: [L. excretus, p. p. of excernere to sift out, discharge; ex out + cernere to sift, separate. See Crisis.]

Definition: To separate and throw off; to excrete urine. "The mucus thus excreted." Hooper.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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