emunctory

/ih-muhngk-tuh-ree/US // ɪˈmʌŋk tə ri //UK // (ɪˈmʌŋktərɪ, -trɪ) //

沟通,沟通交流,沟通与交流,沟通能力

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural e·munc·to·ries.
- : a part or organ of the body, as the skin or a kidney, that functions in carrying off waste products.

adj.形容词 adjective

The stomach is not, like most glandular organs, a simple emunctory, and it is affected by medicines in a different way.
In the first place, the secretion of sweat, like that of the lungs, cannot be considered as a common emunctory.
Emunctory, e-mungk′tor-i, n. an organ of the body that carries off waste: an excretory duct.
A nose is "the prominence on the face which is the organ of scent, and the emunctory of the brain."