EXCRETE


Meaning of EXCRETE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ik-ˈskrēt ]

transitive verb

( ex·cret·ed ; ex·cret·ing )

Etymology: Latin excretus, past participle of excernere to sift out, discharge, from ex- + cernere to sift — more at certain

Date: 1620

: to separate and eliminate or discharge (waste) from the blood, tissues, or organs or from the active protoplasm

• ex·cret·er noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.