excrete

Definitions


[ɛkˈskriːt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a living organism or cell) separate and expel as waste (a substance, especially a product of metabolism)
(e.g: excess bicarbonate is excreted by the kidney)


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Origin:
early 17th century: from Latin excret- ‘sifted out’, from the verb excernere, from ex- ‘out’ + cernere ‘sift’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries