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organ of elimination

organ of elimination noun: any bodily organ that produces or excretes waste products.

Noun

organ of elimination (plural organs of elimination)

  1. Any bodily organ that produces or excretes waste products.
    • The delicate surface of the lungs, and, indeed, of the whole air passages, is […] also a great organ of elimination. Camphor, phosphorus, ether, diluted alcohol, gases, and various odorous substances, when introduced into the system, escape in a great measure by the lungs: whence they are perceived...1835, Human physiology, page 227
    • Thus in my opinion the question is decided ; the kidney is but an organ of elimination; its office in diabetes is to eliminate the sugar from the blood, as it is in health to eliminate the urea.1841, Changes of the blood in disease, page 21

Forms of organ of elimination

pluralorgans of elimination

Questions about organ of elimination

What does organ of elimination mean?
Organ of elimination means any bodily organ that produces or excretes waste products.
What part of speech is organ of elimination?
Organ of elimination is a noun.
What is the plural of organ of elimination?
The plural of organ of elimination is organs of elimination.

Words near organ of elimination in the dictionary

  1. organ loft
  2. organ lofts
  3. organ of Berlese
  4. organ of Chievitz
  5. organ of Corti
  6. organ of elimination
  7. organ of Rosenmüller
  8. organ of state
  9. organ of Tömösváry
  10. organ of Zuckerkandl
  11. organ pipe

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