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  • adjective That can be excreted.

Etymologies

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excrete +‎ -able.

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Examples

  • The excretable Illionois Gov "Buddy" Ryan asked a Marine Embassy guard who was a SGT if he was a Major or a General, and later on review, called an F-16 a "big awesome thingy".

    What I said about Sarah Palin on June 12th. Ann Althouse 2008

  • The Spanish behavior was excretable but racism has a long history in European football.

    THE NEWS BLOG 2005

  • While I like Jessica Simpson as a person, for someone rich she seems decent enough, her music is excretable.

    Archive 2004-06-01 2004

  • Environmental Protection Agency for commercial use are fat soluble, meaning they're not easily excretable and tend to accumulate in fatty tissue.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2009

  • The natural process by which fat soluble toxins are transformed and made more easily excretable is known as metabolic detoxification.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2009

  • Although able to identify many lesions and cancers, the relative underperformance of capsule endoscopy -- in which a patient swallows a tiny, battery-operated, excretable capsule fitted with a double-sided video camera -- suggests that for now the more invasive colonoscopy should remain the gold standard for colorectal cancer detection.

    unknown title 2009

  • Davis says polyketals have an advantage over other biodegradable polymers, in that they break down into neutral, excretable compounds that aren't themselves inflammatory.

    Media Newswire 2008

  • Davis points out that polyketals have an advantage over other biodegradable polymers, in that they break down into neutral, excretable compounds that are not themselves inflammatory.

    dailyindia.com News Feed 2008

  • This connective tissue has the tendency to get filled with water, mucus and other excretable substances.

    Improving Your Health Shoaib Ahsan 2008

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