excretoryadj.n.
/ɛkˈskriːtəri//ˈɛkskriːtəri/ Physiology.
A. adj.
1. Having the function of excreting; pertaining to or connected with the process of excretion. excretory duct, excretory vessel, etc.: one which either in an animal or plant conveys the excretion to the surface, as the lachrymal duct, or into a prepared cavity, as the bile duct.
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the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > [adjective]
emunctory1547
excrementive1661
excretive1666
excretory1681
eliminatory1819
excreting1849
1681 Table of Hard Words in S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Remaining Med. Wks.
1684 R. Boyle Exper. Porosity of Bodies iii. 11 The Orifices of small excretory vessels.
1708 J. Keill Acct. Animal Secretion i. 131 The Water passes off thro' the Pores or Excretory Ducts of the Plant.
1841 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 315/1 The excretory outlet.
1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 167 Respiratory and excretory orifices.
1883 Fortn. Rev. Feb. 197 The excretory function was admirably active.
2. Of the nature of excreta.
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the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > faeces > [adjective]
stercorous1542
excremental1574
excrementitious1586
faecical1594
excrementous1600
turdyc1600
ordurous?1606
merdurinous1616
excrementious1636
stercorarious1656
stercorean1656
stercoreous1659
stercorary1664
stercorose1727
stercoraceous1731
stercoral1739
excremential1847
excrementitial1857
excretal1864
excretitiousc1865
excretory1878
fimetic1880
pooey1967
1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 46 Gaseous excretory matters are eliminated from the organism for the respiratory organs.
B. n.
An excretory vessel or duct.
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the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > [noun]
chimney1398
emuncture?1541
emunctuary1572
fontanelle1598
emunctory1601
emissary1657
excretory1715
excreter1849
1715 G. Cheyne Philos. Princ. Relig. (ed. 2) i. iii. 134 The other Excretories of the Body.
1741 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) 57 One can squeeze out of their Excretories a mucilaginous Liquor.
1805 W. Saunders Treat. Mineral Waters (ed. 2) 5 The morbid saline parts [are] carried off by the excretories.
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