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| anuresis |
partial or total failure of the kidneys to produce and secrete urine, or blockage which inhibits normal urine excretion. |
| colostomy |
a surgical opening cut into the colon to allow excretion, usu. made when the rectum is blocked or after surgery for colon cancer. |
| diabetes |
any of several metabolic diseases affecting the body's use of blood sugars or the intake and excretion of fluids, such as diabetes mellitus, which requires periodic injections of insulin. |
| evacuation |
excretion of urine or feces. [1/3 definitions] |
| excretory |
of, relating to, or having the function of excretion. |
| hyperexcretion |
combined form of excretion. |
| scatology |
extreme interest in excretion, excrement, or obscenity. [1/3 definitions] |
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