excretive, a.
(ɛkˈskriːtɪv)
[f. L. excrēt- (see excrete v.) + -ive, repr. L. type *excrētīvus.]
Having the power or function of excreting or promoting excretion.
| 1666 G. Harvey Morb. Angl. 15 Some..fault in the Excretive faculty of the parts. 1673 Lister in Phil. Trans. VIII. 6062 Excretive glanduls. 1707 Curios, in Husb. & Gard. 240 It has a nutritive..excretive, expulsive Faculty. 1775 in Ash; and in mod. Dicts. |