Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as excretory.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Physiol.) Connected with, or pertaining to, excretion.

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  • adjective biology Connected with, or relating to, excretion.

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Examples

  • Muci enim Ioco aqua pura frequentiffime aut per nares in coryza, aut per pulmones in convulfiva tuffi excernitur* Viciffim, fi mucofa organa majori aliquo ftimulo foilkitaveris, pro muco eadem lympham flavam, etiam fanguinolentam, excernent, ut in ure -

    Elementa physiologiae corporis humani .. 1776

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