Excretion synonyms and antonyms

ĭk-skrē'shən

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discharge
Something that is discharged, released, emitted, or excreted:
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body waste
waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
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exfiltration
(Sciences) A filtering out (usually movement of a substance through a barrier).
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exudation
Something exuded, as sweat
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defecation
Any of several processes for the removal of impurities, or for clarifying various materials.
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ejecting
The act of excreting
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elimination
(Accounting) The act of recording amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.
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secretion
The substance thus released, including digestive juices, hormones, and perspiration
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expelling
The action of the verb expel.
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expulsion
The act of expelling or the state of being expelled.
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catabolism (related)
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evacuation
Voidance of any matter by the natural passages of the body or by an artificial opening; defecation; also, a diminution of the fluids of an animal body by cathartics, venesection, or other means.
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ejection
Ejected matter.
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leaving
The act of excreting
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passing-off
(Law) The act of misrepresenting the origin of a product.
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sweating
The production and evaporation of a watery fluid called sweat that is excreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals.
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excreta
Human bodily waste which is excreted from the body.
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voiding
That which is voided; that which is ejected or evacuated; a remnant; a fragment.
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receiving (antonym)
The act by which something is received; reception.
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excrement (related)
(Archaic) Any waste matter excreted from the human or animal body, or discharged by bodily organs.
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purgation
The act of purging
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catharsis
The therapeutic result of this process; abreaction.
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keep (related)
(Historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls. (According to keep, the word comes "from the Middle English term kype, meaning basket or cask, and was a term applied to the shell keep at Guînes, said to resemble a barrel".)
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excreting
the bodily process of discharging waste matter
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excretory product
waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
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secernment
(Physiology) The act or process of secreting.
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urea (related)
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reabsorption (related)
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osmolarity (related)
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purine (related)
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bicarbonate (related)
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gluconeogenesis (related)
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osmolality (related)
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bioavailability (related)
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allantoin (related)
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metabolite (related)
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M3G (related)
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accretion (antonym)
The act of increasing by natural growth; especially the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.
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perspiration
Salty moisture given off in perspiring; sweat
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waste matter
The product of excretion
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feces
Digested waste material (typically solid or semi-solid) discharged from the bowels; excrement.
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eating (antonym)
Something edible, with reference to its quality as food
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cortisol (related)
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urination
The process of eliminating liquid waste from the body.
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discharging
The act of excreting
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  • During excretion they irritate the kidneys and the sweat-glands, and thereby increase the excretion of urine and of sweat.

  • This, like the excretion of the sundew and other insectivorous plants, contains a digestive ferment (or enzyme) which renders the nitrogenous substances of the body of the insect soluble, and capable of absorption by the leaf.

  • When these are excited by the settling of an insect on the leaf they slowly bend over and imprison the intruder, which is detained there meanwhile by a sticky excretion poured out by the glands.

  • Small insects settle on the leaves and are caught in the viscid excretion.

  • Salicylic acid and salicin (q.v.) share the properties common to the group of aromatic acids, which, as a group, are antiseptic without being toxic to man - a property practically unique; are unstable in the body; are antipyretic and analgesic; and diminish the excretion of urea by the kidneys.

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