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See also: excrétion

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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French Category:English terms borrowed from Middle French#EXCRETION Category:English terms derived from Middle French#EXCRETION excrétion, or Late Latin Category:English terms borrowed from Late Latin#EXCRETION Category:English terms derived from Late Latin#EXCRETION excretio, excretionis, from Latin Category:English terms derived from Latin#EXCRETION excerno.

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excretion (countable and uncountable, plural excretions)Category:English lemmas#EXCRETION Category:English nouns#EXCRETION Category:English uncountable nouns#EXCRETION Category:English countable nouns#EXCRETION Category:English countable nouns#EXCRETION Category:English entries with incorrect language header#EXCRETION Category:Pages with entries#EXCRETION Category:Pages with 1 entry#EXCRETION

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.
Synonyms: excrement, excretum
- 1881, Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, Journal of Social Science, page 32:
  […] 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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process of removing from the body

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Afrikaans: uitskeidingCategory:Terms with Afrikaans translations#EXCRETION
Bengali: রেচন (bn) (recon)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#EXCRETION
Bulgarian: отделяне (bg) n (otdeljane)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#EXCRETION
Catalan: excreció fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#EXCRETION
Chinese:
Cantonese: 排泄 (paai⁴ sit³)Category:Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations#EXCRETION Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#EXCRETION

Hokkien: 排泄 (pâi-siat)Category:Terms with Hokkien translations#EXCRETION

Mandarin: 排泄 (zh) (páixiè)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#EXCRETION Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#EXCRETION
Czech: vylučování nCategory:Terms with Czech translations#EXCRETION
Danish: udskilning cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#EXCRETION
Dutch: excretie (nl) fCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#EXCRETION, uitscheiding (nl) fCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#EXCRETION
Finnish: eritys (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#EXCRETION, erittäminen (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#EXCRETION
French: excrétion (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#EXCRETION
Galician: excreción (gl) fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#EXCRETION
German: Ausscheidung (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#EXCRETION, Exkretion fCategory:Terms with German translations#EXCRETION
Greek: απέκκριση (el) f (apékkrisi)Category:Terms with Greek translations#EXCRETION
Hindi: उत्सर्जन (hi) (utsarjan)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#EXCRETION
Indonesian: ekskresi (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#EXCRETION
Italian: escrezione (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#EXCRETION
Japanese: 排泄 (ja) (はいせつ, haisetsu)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#EXCRETION
Korean: 배설(排泄) (ko) (baeseol)Category:Terms with Korean translations#EXCRETION
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: deravêtinCategory:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#EXCRETION
Latin: excretio fCategory:Terms with Latin translations#EXCRETION
Malay: perkumuhanCategory:Terms with Malay translations#EXCRETION
Persian: دفع (fa)Category:Terms with Persian translations#EXCRETION
Polish: wydalanie (pl) nCategory:Terms with Polish translations#EXCRETION, ekskrecja fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#EXCRETION
Portuguese: excreção (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#EXCRETION
Russian: выделе́ние (ru) n (vydelénije)Category:Terms with Russian translations#EXCRETION, экскре́ция (ru) f (ekskrécija)Category:Terms with Russian translations#EXCRETION
Spanish: excreción (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#EXCRETION, emunción fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#EXCRETION
Tagalog: paluwasanCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#EXCRETION, ekskresyonCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#EXCRETION
Tamil: கழிப்பு (ta) (kaḻippu)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#EXCRETION
Telugu: విసర్జన (visarjana)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#EXCRETION
Thai: การขับถ่าย (th)Category:Terms with Thai translations#EXCRETION
Vietnamese: bài tiết (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#EXCRETION (排泄Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#EXCRETION)

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