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

After pets take these medications, the active compounds pass through their bodies and are excreted in feces.

From Science Daily • Feb. 22, 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

Whatever it was, it excreted like a mountain lion.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson