Excretion — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the bodily process of discharging waste matter

waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɛkskɹˈɛʃən/

🇬🇧British English

/ɛkskɹˈɛʃən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɛkskɹˈɛʃən/

3 syllables Say it as /ɛkskɹˈɛʃən/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

voiding body waste excrement excretory product excreting evacuation excreta elimination

Word Forms

eliminate	verb	eliminate from the body
evacuate	verb	excrete or discharge from the body
excrete	verb	eliminate from the body
void	verb	excrete or discharge from the body

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Ausscheidung

der körperliche Prozess der Ausscheidung von Abfallstoffen

🇫🇷French

excrétion

le processus corporel d’évacuation des déchets

🇪🇸Spanish

excreción

el proceso corporal de descargar materia de desecho

🇮🇹Italian

escrezione

il processo corporeo di scarico dei rifiuti

🇳🇱Dutch

uitscheiding

het lichamelijke proces van het afvoeren van afvalstoffen

🇵🇹Portuguese

excreção

o processo corporal de descarregar resíduos

🇷🇺Russian

выделение

телесный процесс выведения отходов

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मलत्याग

अपशिष्ट पदार्थ के निर्वहन की शारीरिक प्रक्रिया

🇧🇩Bengali

মলত্যাগ

বর্জ্য পদার্থ নিষ্কাশনের শারীরিক প্রক্রিয়া

🇮🇳Tamil

வெளியேற்றம்

கழிவுப் பொருட்களை வெளியேற்றும் உடல் செயல்முறை

🇮🇳Telugu

విసర్జన

వ్యర్థ పదార్థాలను విడుదల చేసే శారీరక ప్రక్రియ

🇮🇳Marathi

उत्सर्जन

टाकाऊ पदार्थ बाहेर टाकण्याची शारीरिक प्रक्रिया

🇮🇳Gujarati

ઉત્સર્જન

કચરાના નિકાલની શારીરિક પ્રક્રિયા

🇮🇳Kannada

ವಿಸರ್ಜನೆ

ತ್ಯಾಜ್ಯ ವಸ್ತುಗಳನ್ನು ಹೊರಹಾಕುವ ದೈಹಿಕ ಪ್ರಕ್ರಿಯೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വിസർജ്ജനം

മാലിന്യങ്ങൾ പുറന്തള്ളുന്ന ശാരീരിക പ്രക്രിയ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਨਿਕਾਸ

ਕੂੜੇ ਦੇ ਨਿਕਾਸ ਦੀ ਸਰੀਰਕ ਪ੍ਰਕਿਰਿਆ

🇵🇰Urdu

اخراج

فضلہ مادے کو خارج کرنے کا جسمانی عمل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

排泄

身体排出废物的过程

🇯🇵Japanese

排泄

老廃物を排出する身体のプロセス

🇰🇷Korean

배설

노폐물을 배출하는 신체 과정

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bài tiết

quá trình cơ thể thải chất thải

🇹🇭Thai

การขับถ่าย

กระบวนการทางร่างกายในการขับถ่ายของเสีย

🇮🇩Indonesian

pengeluaran

proses tubuh membuang zat limbah

🇵🇭Filipino

paglabas

ang proseso ng katawan ng pagtatapon ng basura

🇲🇾Malay

perkumuhan

proses badan membuang bahan buangan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

إفراز

عملية تفريغ الجسم للفضلات

🇮🇷Persian

دفع

فرآیند بدن تخلیه مواد زائد

🇹🇷Turkish

boşaltım

atık maddeyi boşaltmanın bedensel süreci

🇮🇱Hebrew

הַפרָשָׁה

התהליך הגופני של פריקת חומרי פסולת

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