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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

excretion
    n 1: the bodily process of discharging waste matter [syn:
         elimination, evacuation, excretion, excreting,
         voiding]
    2: waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces)
       discharged from the body [syn: body waste, excretion,
       excreta, excrement, excretory product]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Excretion \Ex*cre"tion\, n. [Cf. F. excr['e]tion.]
   1. The act of excreting.
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            To promote secretion and excretion.   --Pereira.
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   2. That which is excreted; excrement. --Bacon.
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Thesaurus Results for excretion:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

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