"excretion" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: excretions [plural]
Rhymes: -iːʃən Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French excrétion, or Late Latin excretio, excretionis, from Latin excerno. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|excrétion}} Middle French excrétion, {{bor|en|LL.|excretio|excretio, excretionis}} Late Latin excretio, excretionis, {{der|en|la|excerno}} Latin excerno Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} excretion (countable and uncountable, plural excretions)
  1. The process of removing or ejecting material that has no further utility, especially from the body; the act of excreting. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (process of removing from the body): uitskeiding (Afrikaans), রেচন (recon) (Bengali), отделяне (otdeljane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 排泄 (pâi-siat) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 排泄 (paai⁴ sit³) (Chinese Cantonese), 排泄 (páixiè) (Chinese Mandarin), vylučování [neuter] (Czech), excretie [feminine] (Dutch), uitscheiding [feminine] (Dutch), eritys (Finnish), erittäminen (Finnish), excrétion [feminine] (French), excreción [feminine] (Galician), Ausscheidung [feminine] (German), Exkretion [feminine] (German), απέκκριση (apékkrisi) [feminine] (Greek), ekskresi (Indonesian), 排泄 (haisetsu) (alt: はいせつ) (Japanese), 배설 (baeseol) (alt: 排泄) (Korean), excretio [feminine] (Latin), perkumuhan (Malay), deravêtin (Northern Kurdish), دفع (Persian), wydalanie [neuter] (Polish), excreção [feminine] (Portuguese), выделе́ние (vydelénije) [neuter] (Russian), экскре́ция (ekskrécija) [feminine] (Russian), excreción [feminine] (Spanish), paluwasan (Tagalog), ekskresyon (Tagalog), கழிப்பு (kaḻippu) (Tamil), విసర్జన (visarjana) (Telugu), การขับถ่าย (Thai), bài tiết (alt: 排泄) (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-excretion-en-noun-X05kGfHd Disambiguation of 'process of removing from the body': 93 7
  2. Something excreted in that manner, especially urine or feces. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Bodily fluids, Bodily functions Synonyms: excrement, excretum
    Sense id: en-excretion-en-noun-E0lp3zWt Disambiguation of Bodily fluids: 25 75 Disambiguation of Bodily functions: 30 70 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 34 66 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 37 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: excrete, secretion

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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "process of removing from the body",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "wydalanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "process of removing from the body",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "excreção"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vydelénije",
      "sense": "process of removing from the body",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "выделе́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ekskrécija",
      "sense": "process of removing from the body",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "экскре́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "process of removing from the body",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "excreción"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "process of removing from the body",
      "word": "paluwasan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "process of removing from the body",
      "word": "ekskresyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "kaḻippu",
      "sense": "process of removing from the body",
      "word": "கழிப்பு"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "visarjana",
      "sense": "process of removing from the body",
      "word": "విసర్జన"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "process of removing from the body",
      "word": "การขับถ่าย"
    },
    {
      "alt": "排泄",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "process of removing from the body",
      "word": "bài tiết"
    }
  ],
  "word": "excretion"
}

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