excretive

English

Etymology

From excrete +‎ -ive.

Adjective

excretive (not comparable)

  1. Having the power of excreting, or promoting excretion.
    Synonym: excretory
    • 1672, Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus, Or, The Anatomy of Consumptions:
      in their excretive faculty in evacuating the excrementicious humours

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