excretion

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Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
20
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ɪkˈskɹiːʃən/
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/ɪkˈskɹiːʃən/ · /ɪkˈskɹiʃən/ · /əkˈskɹiːʃən/

Definition of excretion

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The process of removing or ejecting material that has no further utility, especially from the body; the act of excreting.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The process of removing or ejecting material that has no further utility, especially from the body; the act of excreting.
  2. (countable, uncountable)Something excreted in that manner, especially urine or feces.
    “[…] the removal of all soiled liquids, and of such offaling, secretions and excretions as are easily or naturally reduced to a liquid or semiliquid state.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French excrétion, or Late Latin excretio, excretionis, from Latin excerno.

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