excreted; excreting
: to separate and eliminate or discharge (waste) from the blood, tissues, or organs or from the active protoplasm
excreter
noun
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Unused creatine is typically filtered and excreted in your urine.
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Sherri Gordon, Health, 26 Oct. 2024
Creatine breaks down to form creatinine, a waste product excreted in the urine.
—Jennifer Lefton, Ms, Rd/n, Cnsc, Fand, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024
The job of filtering out waste products like urea from your bloodstream is handled by your kidneys, which send the unwanted waste to be excreted in your urine.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 10 Sep. 2024
Consuming caffeine can increase the amount of water excreted by the body.21 Sources of caffeine include regular coffee, tea, and caffeine supplements.
—Ashley Baumohl, Verywell Health, 7 Oct. 2024
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Sherri Gordon, Health, 26 Oct. 2024
Creatine breaks down to form creatinine, a waste product excreted in the urine.
—Jennifer Lefton, Ms, Rd/n, Cnsc, Fand, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024
The job of filtering out waste products like urea from your bloodstream is handled by your kidneys, which send the unwanted waste to be excreted in your urine.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 10 Sep. 2024
Consuming caffeine can increase the amount of water excreted by the body.21 Sources of caffeine include regular coffee, tea, and caffeine supplements.
—Ashley Baumohl, Verywell Health, 7 Oct. 2024
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excrete
verb
ex·crete
ik-ˈskrēt 
excreted; excreting
: to separate and remove (waste produced by cellular activity) from the living body
urea is excreted by the kidneys in urine
Medical Definition
excrete
transitive verb
ex·crete
ik-ˈskrēt
excreted; excreting
: to separate and eliminate or discharge (waste) from the blood, tissues, or organs or from the active protoplasm
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