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excretions

excretions is the plural of excretion.

Meaning of excretion

Noun

excretion (countable and uncountable, plural excretions)

  1. The process of removing or ejecting material that has no further utility, especially from the body; the act of excreting.
  2. Something excreted in that manner, especially urine or feces.
    • […] the removal of all soiled liquids, and of such offaling, secretions and excretions as are easily or naturally reduced to a liquid or semiliquid state.1881, Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, Journal of Social Science, page 32
    Synonyms:
    excrement, excretum

Questions about excretions

What is excretions the plural of?
Excretions is the plural of excretion.

Words near excretions in the dictionary

  1. excretin
  2. excreting
  3. excretings
  4. excretion
  5. excretionary
  6. excretions
  7. excretive
  8. excretome
  9. excretomes
  10. excretor
  11. excretories

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