filtrate

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The stalactites - hundreds of mineral formations hanging like melted candle wax above us which naturally filtrate the rainwater - are being clogged by cement dust, he says.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2023

Because salt but not water is lost, the filtrate becomes more dilute as it travels up the limb.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

From here, the papillae deliver the filtrate, now called urine, into the minor calyces that eventually connect to the ureters through the renal pelvis.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

By the time the filtrate reaches the DCT, most of the urine and solutes have been reabsorbed.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Ammonium carbonate is added to the filtrate; this precipitates calcium, strontium and 63 barium.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various