EXCRETION

elimination, evacuation, excretion, excreting, voiding

(noun) the bodily process of discharging waste matter

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

excretion (countable and uncountable, plural excretions)

The process of removing or ejecting material that has no further utility, especially from the body; the act of excreting.

Something being excreted in that manner, especially urine or feces.

Source: Wiktionary


Ex*cre"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. excrétion.]

1. The act of excreting. To promote secretion and excretion. Pereira.

2. That which is excreted; excrement. Bacon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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