emunctory

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adjective

Pertaining to the elimination of waste from the body.

“A mixture of poor diet and poor hygiene caused him inflammation of the emunctory aperture.”

OriginLatin ēmūnctus →
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Meanings

adjectiveemunctory (comparative more emunctory, superlative most emunctory)

comparative more emunctory · superlative most emunctory

  1. Pertaining to the elimination of waste from the body.

    A mixture of poor diet and poor hygiene caused him inflammation of the emunctory aperture.

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    This guy was extremely hirsute. Everywhere. So much I used to wonder how he could clearly manage certain emunctory functions.

    1979, Bulletin of the American Historical Collection, volumes 7–8, Manila: American Association of the Philippines, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 79
nounemunctory (plural emunctories)

plural emunctories

  1. Any part of the body which carries or removes waste.

Origin

  1. Latinēmūnctus
  2. Englishemunctory

From Latin ēmūnctus, past participle of ēmungō (“to blow one's nose”) + -ory.

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APA

emunctory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emunctory

MLA

“emunctory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emunctory. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “emunctory,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emunctory.

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