| excrement | Matter excreted and ejected; that which is excreted or cast out of the animal body by any of the natural emunctories; especially, alvine, discharges; dung; ordure. Origin: L. Excrementum, fr. Excernere, excretum, to skin out, discharge: cf. F. Excrement. See Excrete. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| excrementitious | <physiology> Pertaining to, or consisting of, excrement; of the nature of excrement. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| excrescence | A normal outgrowth, a disfiguring addition. (09 Oct 1997) |
| excreta | Synonym: excretion. Origin: L. Neut. Pl. Of excretus, pp. Of ex-cerno, to separate (05 Mar 2000) |
| excrete | To separate from the blood and cast out; to perform excretion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| excretin | <physiology> A nonnitrogenous, crystalline body, present in small quantity in human faeces. Origin: From Excrete. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| excretion | <nephrology> The act, process or function of excreting. Origin: L. Excretio (18 Nov 1997) |
| excretory | Relating to excretion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| excretory duct | A duct carrying the secretion from a gland or a fluid from any reservoir. Synonym: ductus excretorius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| excretory duct of seminal vesicle | The passage leading from a seminal vesicle to the ejaculatory duct. Synonym: ductus excretorius vesiculae seminalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| excretory ducts of lacrimal gland | The multiple (6 to 10) excretory ducts of the lacrimal gland that open into the superior fornix of the conjunctival sac. Synonym: ductuli excretorii glandulae lacrimalis, excretory ductules of lacrimal gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| excretory ductules of lacrimal gland | The multiple (6 to 10) excretory ducts of the lacrimal gland that open into the superior fornix of the conjunctival sac. Synonym: ductuli excretorii glandulae lacrimalis, excretory ductules of lacrimal gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| excretory gland | A gland separating excrementitious or waste material from the blood. (05 Mar 2000) |
| excruciate | Excruciated; tortured. "And here my heart long time excruciate." (Chapman) Origin: L. Excruciatus, p. P. Of excruciare to excruciate; ex out + cruciare to put to death on a cross, to torment. See Cruciate, Cross. To inflict agonizing pain upon; to torture; to torment greatly; to rack; as, to excruciate the heart or the body. "Their thoughts, like devils, them excruciate." (Drayton) Origin: Excruciated; Excruciating. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |