excreted
Example Sentences
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“Most of it doesn’t get metabolized, meaning that we don’t extract energy from it, and it passes through and is excreted in the stool,” Fetter said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
After pets take these medications, the active compounds pass through their bodies and are excreted in feces.
From Science Daily • Feb. 22, 2026
Artificial sweeteners such as sucralose are not metabolized by the human body so they are excreted – this is what makes them low-calorie sugar alternatives.
From Salon • Jul. 17, 2024
In a final step, the researchers used a chemical process to confirm whether the excreted seeds were capable of germinating.
From Science Magazine • May 8, 2024
The slime was bat guano, digested vegetable matter that had been excreted by a colony of fruit bats on the ceiling.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
