excreting

transitive verb, intransitive verb excreted, excreting

1. to separate (waste matter) from the blood or tissue and eliminate from the body, as through the kidneys or sweat glands
2. Bot. to eliminate (waste matter) from the cells

Origin: < L excretus, pp. of excernere, to sift out < ex-, out of + cernere, to sift: see harvest