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excrete.

To discharge material (including waste products) from a cell, body or system.

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Meaning & usage

verb/ɛkˈskɹiːt/UK, US/ɪkˈskɹiːt/UK, US
  1. To discharge material (including waste products) from a cell, body or system.

    ambitransitive
    Your open pores excrete sweat and dirt.
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin excrētum, past participle of excernō, from ex- (“out”), and cernō (“separate”).

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