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Word: Excretion
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 17th century: from French excrétion or Latin excretio(n-), from excernere ‘sift out’ (see excrete)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪkˈskriːʃn
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɛkˈskriːʃn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(in living organisms and cells) the process of eliminating or expelling waste matter.
Short Definition:(in living organisms and cells) process of eliminating or expelling waste matter
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