excretes
Eliminates bodily waste
Excretes is the verb excrete conjugated for third-person singular subjects.
To excrete is to discharge waste matter from the body—urine, feces, sweat, or other metabolic byproducts.
The term applies broadly across biology: The kidney excretes toxins, The plant excretes excess salt through its leaves.
Excrete is more clinical than everyday alternatives like pee or sweat.
Renal excretion fluid
- fecesSolid digestive waste
- sweatMoisture from skin pores
- mucusProtective bodily secretion
- salivaMouth's digestive secretion
tears · sebum · perspiration · stool · phlegm · bile · vomit · cerumen
Accumulated bird droppings
- droppingsAnimal excrement deposits
- scatImprovised vocal jazz
- dungAnimal fecal matter
- manureAnimal waste as fertilizer
musk · frass · castings · spoor · pellets · nightsoil · litter · honeydew
Blood-filtering organ pair
- bladderOrgan holding urine
- intestinesCoiled digestive organs
- bowelsLower digestive organs
- skinBody's outer layer
pores · sweat glands · colon · rectum · urethra · liver · lungs · large intestine
Releasing fluid waste
- defecationExpulsion of feces
- sweatingMoisture through pores
- eliminationAct of removing entirely
- voidingNullifying or emptying
discharge · expulsion · micturition · perspiring · evacuation · releasing · passing · exuding
Mechanical blood filtration
- diureticUrine-promoting substance
- laxativePromotes intestinal evacuation
- catharticEmotionally releasing, relieving
- enemaRectal fluid injection
kidney function · renal · urinalysis · incontinence · constipation · diarrhea · retention · nephrology
urine
Renal excretion fluid
saliva · tears · sebum · perspiration · stool · phlegm · bile · vomit · cerumen · pus
guano
Accumulated bird droppings
manure · musk · frass · castings · spoor · pellets · nightsoil · litter · honeydew · mutes
kidneys
Blood-filtering organ pair
- bladderOrgan holding urine
- intestinesCoiled digestive organs
- bowelsLower digestive organs
skin · pores · sweat glands · colon · rectum · urethra · liver · lungs · large intestine · nephrons
urination
Releasing fluid waste
- defecationExpulsion of feces
- sweatingMoisture through pores
- eliminationAct of removing entirely
voiding · discharge · expulsion · micturition · perspiring · evacuation · releasing · passing · exuding
dialysis
Mechanical blood filtration
- diureticUrine-promoting substance
- laxativePromotes intestinal evacuation
- catharticEmotionally releasing, relieving
enema · kidney function · renal · urinalysis · incontinence · constipation · diarrhea · retention · nephrology
excretesretains
Continues to possess
holds · stores · keeps · sequesters · accumulates
- excretory systemWaste-removing organ network
excrete, excretion, excretory, excreta, excreting, excreted, excretions