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excretive

excretive adjective: having the power of excreting, or promoting excretion.

Adjective

excretive (not comparable)

  1. Having the power of excreting, or promoting excretion.
    • in their excretive faculty in evacuating the excrementicious humours1672, Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus, Or, The Anatomy of Consumptions
    Synonyms:
    excretory

Synonyms of excretive

Origin of excretive

From excrete + -ive.

Questions about excretive

What does excretive mean?
Excretive means having the power of excreting, or promoting excretion.
What part of speech is excretive?
Excretive is an adjective.

Words near excretive in the dictionary

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

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