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excretion

/ik-skree-shuhn/US // ɪkˈskri ʃən //

排泄,排泄物,排出,排遗

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of excreting.
    • : the substance excreted, as urine or sweat, or certain plant products.

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Examples

  • This is a novel stained with all manner of fluids, excretions and smells, and the narrator fights an almost constant sense of nausea.

  • Human excretions, as well as those from other animals, usually leave the body after passing through the lungs, kidneys and skin.

  • Excretion of these substances is greatly increased by a diet rich in nuclei, as sweetbreads and liver.

  • It is a very common error to consider these deposits as evidence of excessive excretion.

  • Factors which favor an early deposit are high acidity, diminished urinary pigments, and excessive excretion of uric acid.

  • The organs of excretion: such as the kidneys and skin, which pass off nitrogenous and other waste matters from the body.

  • In man, the skin and kidneys remove this waste from the body, hence they are called the organs of excretion.