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excrete verb [ ɪkˈskriːt ]

• (of a living organism or cell) separate and expel as waste (a substance, especially a product of metabolism).
• "excess bicarbonate is excreted by the kidney"
Similar: expel, pass, void, discharge, eject, evacuate, eliminate, exude, emit, defecate, urinate, egest,
Opposite: absorb, ingest,
Origin: early 17th century: from Latin excret- ‘sifted out’, from the verb excernere, from ex- ‘out’ + cernere ‘sift’.


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