Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows.


Noun: excretion  ik'skreeshun
  1. The bodily process of discharging waste matter
    - elimination, evacuation, excreting, voiding
     
  2. Waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
    - body waste, excreta, excrement, excretory product

Derived forms: excretions

See also: excrete, excretory

Type of: discharge, emission, expelling, waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product

Encyclopedia: Excretion