excretion

excrete | American Dictionary

excrete
verb[ I/T ]
us/ɪkˈskrit/
biology
to get rid of waste from the cells or from the body

excretion

noun[ C/U ]us/ɪkˈskri·ʃən/

excretory

adjective[ not gradable ]us/ˈek·skrəˌtɔr·i, -ˌtoʊr·i/

Examples of excrete

excrete
Some cytolytic enzymes are excreted from the mouth and the bacillary band which is situated at the ventral cuticle.
Transmission to humans occurs when eggs of the tapeworm, excreted by the final hosts (usually foxes but also dogs, wolves and cats), are ingested accidentally.
Viral agents of gastroenteritis can be excreted in low numbers, and electron microscopy may not be a sufficiently sensitive detection technique.
The newborn kidney is less able to excrete potassium, which may in part be due to diminished responsiveness of the kidney to aldosterone.
Itching feet and foot rot are probably due to excreted parasitic helminth worms capable of penetrating bare feet.
In general, newborns and infants have a diminished ability to excrete ions as well as an impaired ability to reabsorb them.
Prevention of biofilm reformation in the wild type was related to some component excreted into the culture medium.
Therefore, coproantigen-positive but egg-negative faeces were supposed to be excreted by the foxes with the pre-patent stage of infection in the baited section.
This calculation is repeated for each day that virus was excreted into the atmosphere.
Thus iron, ingested by hookworms, even if excreted again cannot be re-absorbed and is therefore lost.
The odds of reporting pain associated with urination were 20.4 times higher in children who had excreted albumin levels greater than 40 mg l21.
Heterocyst-vegetative cell junctions often excrete copious amount of mucilage, which contains carbohydrates, peptides [6] and free amino acids [7].
When presented with a sudden influx of sugars, the bacteria within the plaque rapidly ferment this easily utilizable carbon source to excreted organic acids.
All or most of the detectable plant substances were apparently excreted or converted into other compounds by the larvae.
The ability of the kidney to excrete a water load is important.
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