excretion

See also: excrétion

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French excrétion, or Late Latin excretio, excretionis, from Latin excerno.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːʃən

Noun

excretion (countable and uncountable, plural excretions)

1. The process of removing or ejecting material that has no further utility, especially from the body; the act of excreting.
2. Something being excreted in that manner, especially urine or feces.

Related terms

• excrete
• secretion

Translations

process of removing from the body

• Bulgarian: отделяне (bg) n (otdeljane)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 排泄 (paai⁴sit³)

  Mandarin: 排泄 (zh) (páixiè)

  Min Nan: 排泄 (pâi-siat)

• Czech: vylučování n
• French: excrétion (fr) f
• Galician: excreción (gl) f
• German: Ausscheidung (de) f, Exkretion f
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• Greek: απέκκριση (el) f (apékkrisi)
• Japanese: 排泄 (はいせつ, haisetsu)
• Korean: 배설 (ko) (baeseol)
• Latin: excretio f
• Polish: wydalanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: excreção (pt) f
• Russian: выделе́ние (ru) n (vydelénije), экскре́ция (ru) f (ekskrécija)
• Spanish: excreción (es) f
• Tagalog: paluwasan