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Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class II. Words Relating to Space
Section IV. Motion
4. Motion with Reference to Direction

299. Excretion.

   NOUN:EXCRETION, discharge, emanation, ejection; exhalation, exudation, extrusion, secretion, effusion, extravasation, ecchymosis, evacuation, dejection, feces or fæces, defecation, cacation, excrement; bloody flux; cœliac (or celiac) flux; dysentery; perspiration, sweat; subation [obs.], exudation; diaphoresis; sewage; eccrinology.
  hemorrhage, bleeding; outpouring (egress) [See Egress]; menses, menstrual discharge, menstrual flow, catamenial discharge; leucorrhea or leucorrhœa, the whites.
  EJECTA (pl.), saliva, spittle, sputum (pl. sputa); spit, rheum; ptyalism, salivation, catarrh; diarrhea or diarrhœa egesta (pl.), excreta; lava; exuviæ (uncleanness) [See Uncleanness].
   VERB:EXCRETE (eject) [See Ejection]; secrete, secern; emanate &c. (come out) [See Egress].
   ADJECTIVE:EXCRETORY, fecal or fæcal, feculent, secretory.
  EJECTIVE, eliminative, eliminant.