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

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