Effusion, pouring out; esp. of blood, tears, †secretions.

transferred. A ‘running’ from the eyes or mouth.

Chiefly Scottish. The action of putting someone or something out; expulsion, ejection; evacuation. Obsolete.

Originally: the cleansing of the body of waste material, an excess of a humour, etc. In later use: spec. the emptying of the bowels, esp. by the use…

The action of emptying a vessel, etc., or of emptying away its contents; hence, a clearing away, removal; ejection, excretion. Obsolete.

The action or process of emptying out the contents of something; = avoidance, n. 1. The discharge or evacuation of something through a natural vent…

spec. Physiology. The process of discharging (waste matter, etc.) through the excretory organs (now esp. from the bowels); an instance of this…

Purgation, purging; matter purged out or exuded. rare.

The action of empty, v. (in various senses). Also: an instance of this.

= evacuation, n. 1a 1b.

Excretion. Obsolete. Cf. emunctory, adj. n.

Chiefly Medicine. The action of flowing back; reflux; an instance of this. Also figurative and in figurative contexts.

The action of voiding or evacuating.

The action of casting out of the body that which has been separated by any of the organs; esp. evacuation of the bowels.

The expulsion of a product of digestion, secretion, etc., from the organ producing it. Also concrete. Obsolete.

The exudation or dripping of moisture generally; the flow or discharge of humours from the body, of gum, etc. from a tree; also the liquid so…

Medicine. The action or process of removing or expelling waste material, foreign or toxic substances, etc., from the body (see eliminate, v. 2a)…

The expulsion of impure matter from the fluids of the body; the matter thus despumated.