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excretory Definition

ex·cre·tory (ekskrə tôr′ē)

adjective

of or for excretion

Etymology: VL excretorius

noun pl. excretories -·ries

an excretory organ
excretory Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • organ: Each segment contains its own set of muscles, nerves, blood vessels and excretory organs.
  • function: The value of our having two kidneys rather than one is not that this doubling-up allows us to perform excretory functions differently or better.
  • system: Excretory system - control the level of water in the body.
  • duct: The small excretory ducts that drain the secretary acini empty into larger intercalated ducts which in turn open into striated ducts.
  • canal: Their activity creates pressure that causes waste fluids to be expelled to the outside through an excretory canal.
  • urography: The first clinical presentation was related to lithiasis and the tumor had not been shown up by excretory urography, cystoscopy or ultrasonography.