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EXCRETION (Lat. ex, out of, cernere, ...

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 61 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EXCRETION (See also:Lat. ex, out of, cernere, cretum, to See also:separate)  , in plant and See also:animal See also:physiology, the separation from an See also:organ of some substance, also the substance separated . The See also:term usually refers to the separation of See also:waste or harmful products, as distinguished from " secretion," which refers td products that See also:play a useful or necessary See also:part in the functions of the organism .

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