Look up: excretion

1. Excretion
   The process of removal of a compound or its metabolites from the body, normally via the bile or urine, but also via the lungs for volatile substances and by either minor routes such as skin, saliva or intestinal mucosa.
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2. excretion
   (Living things in their environment) removal of metabolic waste from the body
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3. Excretion
   [pronounce: ex-cree-shun ] Getting rid of waste substances that have been made in the body by chemical reactions.
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4. Excretion
   The process of expelling toxic substances from the body through the kidneys via the urine, but also via bile (high molecular weight compounds), lungs (volatile hydrocarbons excreted unchanged), gastric juices (nicotine), breast milk (pesticides) and skin (iron).
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5. Excretion
   The removal of a waste product from the body.
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6. Excretion
   The removal of waste substances from living things. See also: Kidney.
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7. Excretion
   The process of ridding the body of metabolic waste products.
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8. Excretion
   This is a general term for removal of substances from the body
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9. Excretion
   This is a general term for removal of substances from the body.
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10. Excretion
    the process by which the body rids itself of waste
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11. excretion
    the elimination of radioactive materials from the body by its natural functions Category: Medicine
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12. Excretion
    Ex·cre'tion noun [ Confer French excrétion .] 1. The act of excreting. « To promote secretion and excretion .» Pereira. 2. That which is excreted; excrement. Bacon.
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13. excretion
    <nephrology> The act, process or function of excreting. ... Origin: L. Excretio ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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14. excretion
    (eks-kre´shәn) the act, process, or function of excreting. Ordinarily, what is meant by excretion is defecation, the evacuation of feces. Technically, excretion can refer to the expulsion of any matter, whether from a single cell or from the entire body, as well as to the matter excreted. waste mater...
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15. Excretion
    • (n.) That which is excreted; excrement. • (n.) The act of excreting.
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16. excretion
    the process by which animals rid themselves of waste products and of the nitrogenous by-products of metabolism. Through excretion organisms control ... [10 related articles]
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17. excretion
    (L. excretio) the act, process, or function of excreting.
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18. excretion
    excretion The act or process of discharging waste matter from the tissues or organs. 2. Waste matter that has been discharged from an animal or a plant.
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19. excretion
    Type: Term Pronunciation: eks-krē′shŭn Definitions: 1. The process whereby the undigested residue of food and the waste products of metabolism are eliminated, material is removed to regulate the composition of body fluids and tissues, or substances are expelled to perform functions o...
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20. excretion
    
    • the bodily process of discharging waste matter
    • waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
    
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21. excretion
    the elimination of radioactive materials from the body by its natural functions
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22. excretion
    excretion, process of eliminating from an organism waste products of metabolism and other materials that are of no use. It is an essential process in all forms of life. In one-celled organisms wastes are discharged through the surface of the cell. The higher plants eliminate gases through the stomat...
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23. Excretion
    Excretion is the process of getting rid of unwanted substances from within the body.
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24. excretion
    In biology, the removal of the waste products of metabolism from living organisms. In plants and simple animals, waste products are removed by diffusion. Plants, for example, excrete O₂, a product of photosynthesis. In mammals, waste products are removed by specialized excretory organs, principally the kidneys, which excrete ...
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25. excretion
    The process of removing the waste products of cellular metabolism from the body.
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