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Your body's polite way of saying thanks, but no thanks.
means The process of eliminating waste products from the body, like sweat, urine, or feces.
from From Latin excernere — 'ex' (out) plus 'cernere' (to sift, separate, distinguish). The same 'cernere' root gives us 'discern' and 'secret,' so etymologically, excretion is your body sifting through everything and deciding what doesn't make the cut.
- not just pee
- sweat, breath, and feces all count
- lungs excrete
- every exhale dumps CO2 as waste
- kidneys filter
- about 150 liters of blood daily
- plants do it too
- via leaves, bark, and resin