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excreting

Definitions of excreting
  1. noun
    the bodily process of discharging waste matter
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    types:
    incontinence, incontinency
    involuntary urination or defecation
    micturition, urination
    the discharge of urine
    bm, bowel movement, movement
    a euphemism for defecation
    enuresis, urinary incontinence
    inability to control the flow of urine and involuntary urination
    haematochezia, hematochezia
    passage of stools containing blood (as from diverticulosis or colon cancer or peptic ulcer)
    leak, making water, passing water, wetting
    a euphemism for urination
    lithuresis
    passing small stones with the urine
    nocturia, nycturia
    excessive urination at night; especially common in older men
    oliguria
    production of an abnormally small amount of urine
    pee, peeing, piss
    informal terms for urination
    urochesia, urochezia
    passage of urine from the anus
    type of:
    discharge, emission, expelling
    any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body
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