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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Any extra water-soluble nutrients your body doesn't use are excreted through your pee.
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Jillian Kubala, Health, 17 Feb. 2025
Once ingested by a human, methylmercury isn’t easily excreted and can quickly cross the digestive tract, the blood-brain barrier, and the placenta.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 12 Feb. 2025
Elephants eat wild coffee cherries, digest them, and excrete the beans.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Bell said lab tests confirmed mold byproducts were excreted in Locke’s urine, showing his exposure to mold toxicity.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 27 Jan. 2025
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Jillian Kubala, Health, 17 Feb. 2025
Once ingested by a human, methylmercury isn’t easily excreted and can quickly cross the digestive tract, the blood-brain barrier, and the placenta.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 12 Feb. 2025
Elephants eat wild coffee cherries, digest them, and excrete the beans.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Bell said lab tests confirmed mold byproducts were excreted in Locke’s urine, showing his exposure to mold toxicity.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 27 Jan. 2025
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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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