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EXCRETORY ORGAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An organ that separates waste substances from the blood and discharges them
Synonyms:
excretory organ; urinary organ
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("excretory organ" is a kind of...):
internal organ; viscus (a main organ that is situated inside the body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "excretory organ"):
flame cell (organ of excretion in flatworms)
kidney (either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine)
Holonyms ("excretory organ" is a part of...):
apparatus urogenitalis; genitourinary apparatus; genitourinary system; systema urogenitale; urinary apparatus; urinary system; urogenital apparatus; urogenital system (the system that includes all organs involved in reproduction and in the formation and voidance of urine)
