excreted
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One of those compounds was probenecid, a medication originally introduced in the 1940s to help conserve scarce supplies of penicillin by reducing how much of the antibiotic was excreted in urine.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026
Even Walmart’s website sells a roughly two-pound bag of Kopi Luwak coffee, which is made of beans excreted by a civet, for $449.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025
For one, there are many different kinds that all look different, and evidence of parasitic infection can be excreted as parasitic larvae, which are microscopic.
From Salon ● May 18, 2025
In a final step, the researchers used a chemical process to confirm whether the excreted seeds were capable of germinating.
From Science Magazine ● May 8, 2024
Occasionally, they excreted live worms with their bloody stools.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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