'Excretion' definitions:
Definition of 'excretion'
(from WordNet)
noun
The bodily process of discharging waste matter [syn: elimination, evacuation, excretion, excreting, voiding]
noun
Waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body [syn: body waste, excretion, excreta, excrement, excretory product]
Definition of 'Excretion'
From: GCIDE
- Excretion \Ex*cre"tion\, n. [Cf. F. excr['e]tion.]
- 1. The act of excreting. [1913 Webster]
- To promote secretion and excretion. --Pereira. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is excreted; excrement. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'excretion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- cleaning out,
- clearance,
- clearing,
- defecation,
- depletion,
- discharging cargo,
- drainage,
- draining,
- effusion,
- egress,
- elimination,
- emptying,
- evacuation,
- exfiltration,
- exhausting,
- exhaustion,
- external secretion,
- extravasation,
- exudation,
- filtering,
- filtration,
- internal secretion,
- lacrimation,
- lactation,
- leaching,
- lixiviation,
- off-loading,
- ooze,
- oozing,
- percolating,
- percolation,
- removal,
- secernment,
- secreta,
- secretion,
- seep,
- seepage,
- straining,
- transudation,
- unloading,
- venting,
- voidance,
- voiding,
- weep,
- weeping