excrete
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To separate and throw off; to excrete urine.
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Pass a kidney stone
Aldosterone acts primarily on the distal convoluted tubules and collecting ducts of the kidneys, stimulating them to excrete potassium ions into the tubular fluid, and thus into the urine.
Being practically neutral and highly soluble in water, urea is a safe vehicle for the body to transport and excrete excess nitrogen.
Firstly, all known diapsids are uricotelic, meaning they excrete uric acid as nitrogenous waste, and there is no known case of a diapsid re-evolving ureotelism, or the excretion of urea, even when they return to semi-aquatic lifestyles.
As a matter of theology, they are spiritual beings who do not eat or excrete and are genderless.
Animals must excrete this in the form of nitrogenous compounds.