excreted; excreting
: to separate and eliminate or discharge (waste) from the blood, tissues, or organs or from the active protoplasm
excreter
noun
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The job of filtering out waste products like urea from your bloodstream is handled by your kidneys, which send the unwanted waste to be excreted in your urine.
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Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 10 Sep. 2024
Consuming caffeine can increase the amount of water excreted by the body.21 Sources of caffeine include regular coffee, tea, and caffeine supplements.
—Ashley Baumohl, Verywell Health, 7 Oct. 2024
Which which raises an important question: what happens to them after they are excreted?
Disturbingly, pharmaceutical waste and metabolites end up in the water.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
The scientific team suspected that the shark was attacked and eaten, and the tag resumed transmission about four days later, after it was excreted.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
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Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 10 Sep. 2024
Consuming caffeine can increase the amount of water excreted by the body.21 Sources of caffeine include regular coffee, tea, and caffeine supplements.
—Ashley Baumohl, Verywell Health, 7 Oct. 2024
Which which raises an important question: what happens to them after they are excreted?
Disturbingly, pharmaceutical waste and metabolites end up in the water.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
The scientific team suspected that the shark was attacked and eaten, and the tag resumed transmission about four days later, after it was excreted.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
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excrete
verb
ex·crete
ik-ˈskrēt 
excreted; excreting
: to separate and remove (waste produced by cellular activity) from the living body
urea is excreted by the kidneys in urine
Medical Definition
excrete
transitive verb
ex·crete
ik-ˈskrēt
excreted; excreting
: to separate and eliminate or discharge (waste) from the blood, tissues, or organs or from the active protoplasm
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