"emunctory" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more emunctory [comparative], most emunctory [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin ēmūnctus, past participle of ēmungō (“to blow one's nose”) + -ory. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|ēmūnctus}} Latin ēmūnctus, {{af|en|-ory}} -ory Head templates: {{en-adj}} emunctory (comparative more emunctory, superlative most emunctory)
  1. Pertaining to the elimination of waste from the body. Related terms: emunction, emunge
    Sense id: en-emunctory-en-adj-H9VvWydc

Noun [English]

Forms: emunctories [plural]
Etymology: From Latin ēmūnctus, past participle of ēmungō (“to blow one's nose”) + -ory. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|ēmūnctus}} Latin ēmūnctus, {{af|en|-ory}} -ory Head templates: {{en-noun}} emunctory (plural emunctories)
  1. Any part of the body which carries or removes waste.
    Sense id: en-emunctory-en-noun-t3YIn0Ae Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ory Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ory: 25 75

Inflected forms

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