EXCRETORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does excretory mean? 

• EXCRETORY (adjective)
  The adjective EXCRETORY has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the process of excretion

  Familiarity information: EXCRETORY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXCRETORY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the process of excretion

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

excretion (the bodily process of discharging waste matter)

Derivation:

excrete (eliminate from the body)

 Context examples 

Bilateral tubes formed by the joining of the vas deferens and the excretory duct of the seminal vesicle which merge into the urethra after passing through the prostate.

(Ejaculatory Duct, NCI Thesaurus)

This includes particular types of cellular molecules, cells, tissues, organs, body fluids, embryos, and body excretory substances.

(Biospecimen Type, NCI Thesaurus)

Biospecimen can contain one or more components including but not limited to cellular molecules, cells, tissues, organs, body fluids, embryos, and body excretory products.

(Biospecimen, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit used in the calculation of a rate of the substance removal from the body (such as creatinine clearance) for the measurement of renal excretory function, with the applied correction factor for body size.

(Milliliter per Minute per 1.73 m2 of Body Surface Area, NCI Thesaurus)