excreted

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“Most of it doesn’t get metabolized, meaning that we don’t extract energy from it, and it passes through and is excreted in the stool,” Fetter said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

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

They also showed that about 30% of the seeds excreted by woodlice and earwigs remained viable.

From Science Magazine • May 8, 2024

They found that the bacteria converted cholesterol into intermediate products that can then be broken down by other bacteria and excreted from the body.

From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2024

The slime was bat guano, digested vegetable matter that had been excreted by a colony of fruit bats on the ceiling.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston