EXCRESCENTIAL
Ex`cres*cen"tial a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or resembling, an excrescence. [R.] Hawthorne.
EXCRETA
Ex*cre"ta, n. pl. Etym: [L.]
Defn: Matters to be excreted.
EXCRETE
Ex*crete", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excreted; p. pr. & vb. n. Excreting.]
Etym: [L. excretus, p. p. of excernere to sift out, discharge; ex out
+ cernere to sift, separate. See Crisis.]
Defn: To separate and throw off; to excrete urine. "The mucus thus excreted." Hooper.
EXCRETIN
Ex"cre*tin, n. Etym: [From Excrete.] (physiol. Chem.)
Defn: A nonnitrogenous, crystalline body, present in small quantity in human fæces.
EXCRETION
Ex*cre"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. excrétion.]
1. The act of excreting. To promote secretion and excretion. Pereira.