emunctory

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

EMUNC'TORY, noun [Latin emunctorium, from emunctus, emungo, to wipe, to cleanse.] In anatomy, any part of the body which serves to carry off excrementitious matter; a secretory gland; an excretory duct. The kidneys and skin are called the common emunctories.
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