excrete

Example Sentences

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In 2022, Dudley worked with collaborators in Panama to show that wild spider monkeys consume fermented fruit containing alcohol and later excrete alcohol metabolites in their urine.

From Science Daily

They consume carbon contained in the grasses they eat, then excrete it in their dung.

From Salon

Particles in aerosols can be inhaled or ingested, and while most would be excreted again, some can enter the blood stream and cause kidney damage.

From Seattle Times

This is because the body excretes it too quickly to metabolize it, too tough even for the bacteria in our guts to break it down.

From Salon

A sugar alcohol that is found in small amounts in fruits and vegetables, erythritol is poorly metabolized, excreted almost entirely in urine and characterized as a “zero-calorie” sweetener.

From Washington Post