excretion

«excretion» in Mova's school dictionary: how living things get rid of waste that their bodies have… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (excretion, excretions); verb excrete

meaning for a pupil

1) Excretion is how living things get rid of waste that their bodies have made, such as urine, sweat and carbon dioxide. tree →

2) An excretion is a waste substance that is passed out of a living thing. tree →

sense in the lessons

Science lessons: one of the life processes (MRS GREN: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrition). Kidneys, lungs and skin take part. Phrases: excretion of waste, organs of excretion.

examples

• Excretion is one of the seven life processes. tree →
• The kidneys help with excretion by making urine. tree →
• We breathe out carbon dioxide as part of excretion. tree →
• Plants also do excretion through their leaves. tree →
• Sweating is a kind of excretion. tree →
• Animals need excretion to stay healthy. tree →

note

Science word. Excretion (getting rid of waste made by the body) is different from egestion (getting rid of undigested food as faeces), though at primary school they are often taught together. Not to be confused with «secretion» (making useful substances like saliva).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «excretion» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.