excretion
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excretion
- /ɪkˈskɹiːʃən/ UK
- /ɪkˈskɹiʃən/ Canada, US
- /ɪkˈskɹiːʃən/ Australia
- /əkˈskɹiːʃən/ New Zealand
Rhymes with -iːʃən
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French excrétion, or Late Latin excretio, excretionis, from Latin excerno.
noun excretions
- The process of removing or ejecting material that has no further utility, especially from the body; the act of excreting.
- 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.
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noun process of removing from the body
| Español | excreción, emunción |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 배설 baeseol |
| 日本語 | 排泄 haisetsu |
| 中文 | 排泄 páixiè |
| हिन्दी | उत्सर्जन utsarjan |
| Português | excreção |
| Français | excrétion |
| Deutsch | Ausscheidung, Exkretion |
| Italiano | escrezione |
| Ελληνικά | απέκκριση apékkrisi |
| Русский | выделе́ние vydelénije, экскре́ция ekskrécija |
| Tiếng Việt | bài tiết |
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