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   ex·cre·tion

   /ikˈskrēSH(ə)n/

   noun

   • 1. (in living organisms and cells) the process of eliminating or expelling waste matter.
   • ▪ a product of excretion: "bodily excretions"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from French excrétion or Latin excretio(n-), from excernere ‘sift out’ (see excrete).

   Scrabble Points: 18

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