excrete

Example Sentences

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The body can then easily excrete the metals.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2024

Excess sugar consumption also causes the body to excrete excess calcium, instead of reabsorbing it in the kidney as the body normally would.

From Salon • May 1, 2024

First, cicadas eat xylem sap, and most xylem feeders only pee in droplets because it uses less energy to excrete the sap.

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2024

To mark their territory, both beaver species deposit mud piles on the ground and excrete castoreum on top.

From National Geographic • Nov. 15, 2023

I wanted to reach out for him, to put my hand on his shoulder, to let him excrete stress hormones or scream or do whatever he needed to do.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram