as in to secrete
formal
to pass (waste matter) from the body or from an organ in the body
excrete sweat The kidneys excrete toxins.
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Once researchers wash off the dye, the mice lost their translucency and the dye is excreted through urine, according to the university site's description of the study.
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Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2024
The team pieced together several factors that indicated the shark had been eaten and the tag excreted by a larger predator that gobbled up the shark, Anderson said.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
Selenium from food or supplements is easily absorbed, and your body excretes any excess through urine, feces, or exhaled breath.
—Elizabeth Barnes, Verywell Health, 15 Aug. 2024
Monitoring wastewater for viruses works because infected people excrete tiny bits of viral matter; similarly, someone who’s taken a drug expunges biomarkers from their body.
—Helen Ouyang, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2024
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Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2024
The team pieced together several factors that indicated the shark had been eaten and the tag excreted by a larger predator that gobbled up the shark, Anderson said.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
Selenium from food or supplements is easily absorbed, and your body excretes any excess through urine, feces, or exhaled breath.
—Elizabeth Barnes, Verywell Health, 15 Aug. 2024
Monitoring wastewater for viruses works because infected people excrete tiny bits of viral matter; similarly, someone who’s taken a drug expunges biomarkers from their body.
—Helen Ouyang, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2024
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