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Excretory


EX'CRETORY, adjective Having the quality of excreting or throwing off excrementitious matter by the glands.

EX'CRETORY, noun A little duct or vessel, destined to receive secreted fluids, and to excrete them; also, a secretory vessel.

The excretories are nothing but slender slips of the arteries, deriving an appropriated juice from the blood.