Excrementitious

[Fr. excrementeuz.] Pertaining to, consisting of, or containing excrement. Excrescence, n. [Fr. excre ence, excroi ance, from L. Lat. excrescent i a, from Lat. excrescens, from excresco – ex, and cresco, to grow. See CRESCENT.] That which grows out or up; a preternatural protuberanco growing on any part of the body; a superfluous part; any preternatural enlargement of a plant, like a wart or tumor; a preternatural production. Excrescent, a. [Lat. excrescens.] Growing out of something else, in a preternatural manner; superfluous. Excrete', v. a. [Lat. excerno, excretus. See EXCRE MENT.] To sift out or separate; to separate and throw off, as by natural pa ages; to evacuate; to discharge; to eject. Excret'ed, p . a . Pa ed from the body by excretion. Exere'tion, n. [Fr. excrétion; L. excretio.] Act or proce of excreting; separation or ejection of excrementitious matter from the animal system; that which is excreted. IMG:content-0087.png:[blocks in formation]