excreted; excreting
: to separate and eliminate or discharge (waste) from the blood, tissues, or organs or from the active protoplasm
excreter
noun
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Hormones and the glands that excrete them make up your body’s endocrine system.
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Sooty mold is the black residue that grows on the clear, sticky honeydew excreted by the scale.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2026
Most frogs rapidly excrete their urea in order to avoid toxicity.
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Any excess is typically excreted or stored as fat.
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Rachel Reiff Ellis, SELF, 23 Jan. 2026
Sooty mold is the black residue that grows on the clear, sticky honeydew excreted by the scale.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2026
Most frogs rapidly excrete their urea in order to avoid toxicity.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Any excess is typically excreted or stored as fat.
—Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 21 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for excrete
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“Excrete.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/excrete. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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excrete
verb
ex·crete
ik-ˈskrēt 
excreted; excreting
: to separate and remove (waste produced by cellular activity) from the living body
urea is excreted by the kidneys in urine
Medical Definition
excrete
transitive verb
ex·crete
ik-ˈskrēt
excreted; excreting
: to separate and eliminate or discharge (waste) from the blood, tissues, or organs or from the active protoplasm
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