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excrete

[ik-skreet] / ɪkˈskrit /


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"Plants don't have a well-developed mechanism to excrete these drug compounds. They can't easily get rid of waste by peeing, like humans do," Sanchez said.

From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2026

Your body also produces about 700 milligrams of sulfites daily as you metabolize the protein in your food and excrete it as sulfate.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2024

He’s heard that by exposing it to the perfect cheeseball pop song — upbeat, sincere — it will excrete a natural hallucinogenic: a profitable slime.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2024

A handful of labs are studying bats from other genera, and initial findings suggest they have varying abilities to excrete and transmit the pandemic virus.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 4, 2023

I looked up as I ran under some trees, other­wise peafowl might excrete on me.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel