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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It is most often excreted in stool or urine.2
Most people can tolerate oxalate well.
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The beans are excreted, collected, washed, and roasted.
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Eventually, the body does gradually excrete the water, which reduces the appearance of extra weight.
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Chelation uses compounds that bind toxic elements and helps people excrete these materials, which would otherwise continue to bioaccumulate, from their bodies.
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Jamie Johnson, Verywell Health, 15 Jan. 2025
The beans are excreted, collected, washed, and roasted.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Eventually, the body does gradually excrete the water, which reduces the appearance of extra weight.
—Philipp Wehsack, Vogue, 17 Dec. 2024
Chelation uses compounds that bind toxic elements and helps people excrete these materials, which would otherwise continue to bioaccumulate, from their bodies.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 27 Nov. 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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