uncountable the process of getting rid of waste from your body. Excretion includes the process of getting rid of carbon dioxide from your lungs, sweat from your sweat glands, and urea from your body in urine.
Synonyms and related words
Going to the toilet
be caught short
bedwetting
bowel movement
1a
countable waste that you get rid of from your body
Synonyms and related words
Human and animal waste
cowpat
crap
dog dirt
See alsoegestion
excretion
nounbiology
US /ɪkˈskriʃ(ə)n/
Word Forms
singular
excretion
plural
excretions
DEFINITIONS1
1
uncountable the process of getting rid of waste from your body. Excretion includes the process of getting rid of carbon dioxide from your lungs, sweat from your sweat glands, and urea from your body in urine.
Synonyms and related words
Going to the toilet
be caught short
bedwetting
bowel movement
1a
countable waste that you get rid of from your body