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Excretion meaning
The process of removing or ejecting material that has no further utility, especially from the body; the act of excreting. | Something excreted in that manner, especially urine or feces.
Example sentences (20)
A reader learns, for example, that Princess Margaret once made the gift of a toilet brush to one of her ladies-in-waiting: the recipient had discreetly hidden her toilet brush when the Princess came to stay, as if royals were too lofty for excretion.
Decongestants can also raise blood pressure, and can interfere with sodium excretion.
In a prospective (forward-looking) study, results show that once obese patients lost weight, the levels of cortisol metabolite excretion decreased significantly (7).
They also verified an idea that “the decreased -rich microbiota might influence bile acid synthesis and excretion and impair glucose metabolism” in a 12-week study of mice.
An increased excretion of the bacterial metabolites p-Cresol and phenol has also been recognized in association with celiac disease (Tamm, ).
Mercury has a very low rate of breakdown and excretion, which means it builds up - in a process known as bioaccumulation - through the entire food chain.
After soiling the ground with their excretion, they perched above from where they smile wickedly down at us as we thread blows among ourselves on social media.
A 24-hour urine excretion of more than 800 mg, which indicates overproduction, is an indication for a xanthine oxidase inhibitor.
Acidic substances reduce the absorption of amphetamine and increase urinary excretion, and alkaline substances do the opposite.
Aldosterone stimulates sodium retention and potassium excretion by the kidneys.
Application of this name to DI arose from the fact that diabetes insipidus does not cause glycosuria (excretion of glucose into the urine).
At higher intakes, the rate of excretion increases dramatically.
Binding to this enzyme may impair the liver's ability to process alcohol for proper excretion.
Concentrations less than this threshold amount are actively retained by the kidneys, and the excretion half-life for the remainder of the vitamin C store in the body thus increases greatly, with the half-life lengthening as the body stores are depleted.
Consumption of animal protein creates an acid load that increases urinary excretion of calcium and uric acid and reduced citrate.
Diuretics Diuretics induce weight loss through the excretion of water.
Excretion contaminated the entire floors of these lavatories.
Excretion of polonium was followed, and an autopsy was conducted at that time on the deceased patient to determine which organs absorbed the polonium.
Firstly, all known diapsids are uricotelic, meaning they excrete uric acid as nitrogenous waste, and there is no known case of a diapsid re-evolving ureotelism, or the excretion of urea, even when they return to semi-aquatic lifestyles.
Fish and amphibians lack this mechanism, as they can usually eliminate ammonia from their bodies by direct excretion.