Hypertext Webster Gateway: "excretion"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Excretion \Ex*cre"tion\, n. [Cf. F. excr['e]tion.]
1. The act of excreting.
To promote secretion and excretion. --Pereira.
2. That which is excreted; excrement. --Bacon.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
excretion
n 1: the bodily process of discharging waste matter [syn: {elimination},
{evacuation}, {excreting}, {voiding}]
2: waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces)
discharged from the body [syn: {body waste}, {excreta}, {excrement},
{excretory product}]
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