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ex·crete
 excrete
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- pronunciation:
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skrit
- features:
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part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
excretes, excreting, excreted |
definition: |
to discharge or eliminate (wastes and harmful materials) from the body.
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related words: |
evacuate, transpire |
adverb + (v.)excrete
almost, continuously, elsewhere, less, normally, once, primarily, quickly, readily, simply, slowly, sometimes, then
(v.)excrete
+ noun
ability,
acid,
ammonium,
amount,
animal,
average,
baby,
balance,
bicarbonate,
bile,
bird,
blood,
body,
breast,
breathing,
calcium,
cancer,
capacity,
cell,
chemical,
colony,
compound,
creature,
dose,
drug,
eating,
enzyme,
excess,
fat,
feces,
fish,
fluid,
food,
function,
gland,
hair,
honeydew,
intestine,
kidney,
larva,
level,
liver,
material,
mercury,
metal,
molecule,
mouth,
mucus,
nitrogen,
nutrient,
organism,
patient,
peptide,
phytoplankton,
pig,
plant,
poison,
pore,
portion,
potassium,
product,
protein,
radioactivity,
rest,
risk,
salt,
skin,
sodium,
solution,
study,
substance,
sugar,
sweat,
tear,
tissue,
ton,
toxin,
urine,
virus,
vitamin,
waste,
water,
year
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derivations: |
excretive (adj.), excreter (n.) |
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affects excretion |
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diet, exercise |
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some actions associated with excretion |
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clean, filter, perspire, release, remove, secrete, sweat, transpire |
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some parts of the body involved in excretion |
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bladder, bowel, colon, duct, kidney, large intestine, lung, pore |
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some products of excretion |
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stool, sweat, tears, urine, vomit, waste |
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