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单词 emunctory
释义

emunctory

English

Etymology

From Latin emunctus, past participle of ex mungere (to blow one's nose).

Adjective

emunctory (comparative more emunctory, superlative most emunctory)

  1. Pertaining to the elimination of waste from the body.
    A mixture of poor diet and poor hygiene caused him inflammation of the emunctory aperture.
    • 1979, Bulletin of the American Historical Collection, volume 7–8, Manila: American Association of the Philippines, ISSN 0115-3226, OCLC 2743124, page 79:
      This guy was extremely hirsute. Everywhere. So much I used to wonder how he could clearly manage certain emunctory functions.
  • emunction

Noun

emunctory (plural emunctories)

  1. Any part of the body which carries or removes waste.
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