excreting

ex·crete

E0267800 (ĭk-skrēt′)tr.v. ex·cret·ed, ex·cret·ing, ex·cretes To separate and discharge (waste matter) from the blood, tissues, or organs.

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[Latin excernere, excrēt- : ex-, ex- + cernere, to separate; see krei- in Indo-European roots.]

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excreting - the bodily process of discharging waste matterexcretion, voiding, elimination, evacuationdefecation, laxation, shitting - the elimination of fecal waste through the anusexpelling, discharge, emission - any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body; "the discharge of pus"incontinence, incontinency - involuntary urination or defecationmicturition, urination - the discharge of urine