filtrate
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1. filtrate - Noun
2. filtrate - Verb
Meaning
To filter; to defecate; as liquid, by straining or percolation.
That which has been filtered; the liquid which has passed through the filter in the process of filtration.
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filter out the impurities
About 99% of this filtrate is reabsorbed as it passes through the nephron and the remaining 1% becomes urine.
Note the almost colourless filtrate in the receiver flask.
He was unable to convince a true chemist to help him extract and stabilize the antibacterial compound found in the broth filtrate.
On its very bottom is an illuminated letter "U" - initial of "Urina ergo est colamentum sanguinis" (Urine is the filtrate of the blood).
In ancient Greece, Hippocrates hypothesized that urine represents a filtrate of the four humors, the balance of which determines a person’s health.