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Excrete   /ɪkskrˈit/   Listen
Excrete

verb
(past & past part. excreted; pres. part. excreting)
1.
Eliminate from the body.  Synonyms: egest, eliminate, pass.






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"Excrete" Quotes from Famous Books



... any ill effects from it. There may be a slight loss of weight, perhaps three or four pounds, but this is of no moment, and indeed, Allen says that a moderate loss of weight in most diabetics is to be desired. A moderately obese patient, weighing say 180 pounds, may continue to excrete a small amount of sugar for a considerable period if he holds this weight, even if he is taking very little carbohydrate; whereas, if his weight can be reduced to 170 or 160, he can be kept sugar-free, with ease, on the same diet. This is very important: reduce the weight of a fat ...
— The Starvation Treatment of Diabetes • Lewis Webb Hill



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