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Word: Excrete
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
early 17th century: from Latin excret- ‘sifted out’, from the verb excernere, from ex- ‘out’ + cernere ‘sift’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪkˈskriːt
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɛkˈskriːt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(of a living organism or cell) separate and expel as waste (a substance, especially a product of metabolism)
Short Definition:(of living organism or cell) separate and expel as waste
Examples:- excess bicarbonate is excreted by the kidney
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