eliminative (eliminativ)

[ Eliminative or excretory ti ues represented by cells in the kidneys, skin, etc. H. N. Martin , Human Body (3d ed.), p. 30. eliminator (e-lim'i-nā-tor), n. [ eliminate + -or.] One who or that which eliminates, removes, or throws aside. The lungs play a double part, being not merely elimi nators of waste or excretion ary products, but importers into the economy of a substance which is not exactly either food or drink, but something as important as either -to wit, oxygen. Huxley and Youmans , Physiol., § 29. eliminatory (e-lim'i-na-to-ri), a. [ Chronic irritation set up in the eliminatory organs by the excretion of incompletely oxidized nitrogenous matter. Med. News , LII. 294.