excreción

Definitions of excreción
  1. noun
    the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe)
    synonyms: emisión
  2. noun
    the bodily process of discharging waste matter
    synonyms: eliminación
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    incontinencia
    involuntary urination or defecation
    micción
    the discharge of urine
    evacuación
    a euphemism for defecation
    enuresis
    inability to control the flow of urine and involuntary urination
    meado, pipí
    informal terms for urination
    type of:
    emisión
    any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body
  3. noun
    waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
    synonyms: deyección, excremento, heces, hez, zulla
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    deyección, excremento, heces, hez, zulla
    solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
    vómito
    the matter ejected in vomiting
    guano
    the excrement of sea birds; used as fertilizer
    basura, bosta, caca, cagadas, cagajón, estiércol, excremento, excrementos, freza, majada, palomino
    fecal matter of animals
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    residuos
    any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
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