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

As the filtrate passes down the tubules, nutrients and other solutes are reabsorbed by capillaries.

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

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

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The filtrate and the liquid mixture formed by mixing the pus with five hundred times its own weight of water retained their virulence undiminished.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various