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Vinony

excretion

noun

  1. process of elimination by an organism of the waste products that arise as a result of metabolic activities
  2. discharge something from the system, removing or ejecting waste product
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɪkˈskɹiːʃən/ / /ɪkˈskɹiʃən/ / /əkˈskɹiːʃən/

noun

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

  1. The process of removing or ejecting material that has no further utility, especially from the body; the act of excreting.
  2. 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.”