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excretion
noun
[ ɪkˈskriːʃ(ə)n ]
• (in living organisms and cells) the process of eliminating or expelling waste matter.
Origin:
early 17th century: from French excrétion or Latin excretio(n- ), from excernere ‘sift out’ (see excrete).
