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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Pedersen says that the museum contacted a scent fabricator, who recommended that the best way to mimic the droppings of this large, plant-eating beast would be to use the scent excreted by a non-extinct, similarly large vegetarian.
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Rj MacKenzie, Popular Science, 11 June 2026
Mice given the probiotic strain also excreted twice as many nanoplastics in their feces as mice that did not receive the bacteria.
—Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 9 June 2026
For healthy people, increasing potassium intake is safe—the body will excrete excess potassium in urine.
—Zia Sherrell, Health, 1 June 2026
That metabolite is then excreted in urine, enters sewage systems, passes through wastewater treatment plants and, eventually, makes its way back into local rivers, lakes and coastal waters.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
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Rj MacKenzie, Popular Science, 11 June 2026
Mice given the probiotic strain also excreted twice as many nanoplastics in their feces as mice that did not receive the bacteria.
—Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 9 June 2026
For healthy people, increasing potassium intake is safe—the body will excrete excess potassium in urine.
—Zia Sherrell, Health, 1 June 2026
That metabolite is then excreted in urine, enters sewage systems, passes through wastewater treatment plants and, eventually, makes its way back into local rivers, lakes and coastal waters.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for excrete
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“Excrete.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/excrete. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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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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