excretiveadj.
/ᵻkˈskriːtɪv/, /ɛkˈskriːtɪv/, U.S. /ˈɛkskrədɪv/, /ɪkˈskridɪv/ Having the power or function of excreting or promoting excretion.
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emunctory1547
excrementive1661
excretive1666
excretory1681
eliminatory1819
excreting1849
1666 G. Harvey Morbus Anglicus 15 Some..fault in the Excretive faculty of the parts.
1673 Lister in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 8 6062 Excretive glanduls.
1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 240 It has a nutritive..excretive, expulsive Faculty.
1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. ; and in mod. Dicts.
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