Meanings
plural excretions
- countableuncountableSomething excreted in that manner, especially urine or feces.
[…] the removal of all soiled liquids, and of such offaling, secretions and excretions as are easily or naturally reduced to a liquid or semiliquid state.
1881, Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, Journal of Social Science, page 32
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe bodily process of discharging waste matter
nounwaste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinexcerno
- Late Latinexcretio, excretionis
- Middle Frenchexcrétion
- Englishexcretion
Borrowed from Middle French excrétion, or Late Latin excretio, excretionis, from Latin excerno.
More words from Middle French, Late Latin, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans uitskeiding
- uitskeidingprocess of removing from the body
Bengali রেচন
- রেচন (recon)process of removing from the body
Bulgarian отделяне
- отделяне (otdeljane)process of removing from the body
Catalan excreció
- excrecióprocess of removing from the body
Chinese Cantonese 排泄
- 排泄 (paai⁴ sit³)process of removing from the body
Chinese Mandarin 排泄
- 排泄 (páixiè)process of removing from the body
Czech vylučování
- vylučováníprocess of removing from the body
Danish udskilning
- udskilningprocess of removing from the body
Dutch excretie, uitscheiding
- excretieprocess of removing from the body
- uitscheidingprocess of removing from the body
Finnish eritys, erittäminen
- eritysprocess of removing from the body
- erittäminenprocess of removing from the body
French excrétion
- excrétionprocess of removing from the body
German Ausscheidung, Exkretion
- Ausscheidungprocess of removing from the body
- Exkretionprocess of removing from the body
Greek απέκκριση
- απέκκριση (apékkrisi)process of removing from the body
Hindi उत्सर्जन
- उत्सर्जन (utsarjan)process of removing from the body
Indonesian ekskresi
- ekskresiprocess of removing from the body
Irish fearadh
- fearadhprocess of removing from the body
Italian escrezione
- escrezioneprocess of removing from the body
Japanese 排泄
- 排泄 (haisetsu)process of removing from the body
Korean 배설
- 배설 (baeseol)process of removing from the body
Latin excretio
- excretioprocess of removing from the body
Malay perkumuhan
- perkumuhanprocess of removing from the body
Persian دفع
- دفعprocess of removing from the body
Polish wydalanie, ekskrecja
- wydalanieprocess of removing from the body
- ekskrecjaprocess of removing from the body
Portuguese excreção
- excreçãoprocess of removing from the body
Russian выделе́ние, экскре́ция
- выделе́ние (vydelénije)process of removing from the body
- экскре́ция (ekskrécija)process of removing from the body
Spanish excreción, emunción
- excreciónprocess of removing from the body
- emunciónprocess of removing from the body
Tagalog paluwasan, ekskresyon
- paluwasanprocess of removing from the body
- ekskresyonprocess of removing from the body
Tamil கழிப்பு
- கழிப்பு (kaḻippu)process of removing from the body
Thai การขับถ่าย
- การขับถ่ายprocess of removing from the body
Turkish boşaltım, ifrağ
- boşaltımprocess of removing from the body
- ifrağprocess of removing from the body
Vietnamese bài tiết
- bài tiếtprocess of removing from the body
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with excretion
Cite this entry
excretion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excretion
“excretion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excretion. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “excretion,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excretion.
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