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excretory, a. and n. Phys.|ɛkˈskriːtərɪ, ˈɛkskriːtərɪ|
[f. L. excrēt- (see excrete v.) + -ory. Cf. Fr. excrétoire.]
A. adj.
1. Having the function of excreting; pertaining to or connected with the process of excretion. excretory duct, excretory vessel, etc.: one which either in an animal or plant conveys the excretion to the surface, as the lachrymal duct, or into a prepared cavity, as the bile duct.
1681tr. Willis' Rem. Med. Wks. Voc. 1684Boyle Porousn. Anim. & Solid Bod. iii. 11 The Orifices of small excretory vessels. 1708J. Keill Anim. Secretion 131 The Water passes off through the Pores or Excretory Ducts of the Plant. 1839–47Todd Cycl. Anat. III. 315/1 The excretory outlet. 1854Woodward Mollusca ii. 167 Respiratory and excretory orifices. 1883Fortn. Rev. Feb. 197 The excretory function was admirably active.
2. Of the nature of excreta.
1878Bell Gegenbauer's Comp. Anat. 46 Gaseous excretory matters are eliminated from the organism for the respiratory organs.
B. n. An excretory vessel or duct.
1715Cheyne Philos. Princ. Relig. i. 134 The other Excretories of the Body. 1741Monro Anat. (ed. 3) 57 One can squeeze out of their Excretories a mucilaginous Liquor. 1805W. Saunders Min. Waters 5 The morbid saline parts [are] carried off by the excretories. |