excretion

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) The process of removing or ejecting material that has no further utility, especially from the body; the act of excreting.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Something excreted in that manner, especially urine or feces.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French excrétion, or Late Latin excretio, excretionis, from Latin excerno.

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