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emunctories |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Emunctory \E*munc"to*ry\, n.; pl {Emunctories}. [L. emunctorium a pair of snuffers, fr emungere emunctum to blow the nose, hence to wipe, cleanse; e out + mungere to blow the nose: cf F. ['e]monctoire, formerly spelled also ['e]monctoire.] (Physiol.) Any organ or part of the body (as the kidneys, skin, etc.,) which serves to carry off excrementitious or waste matter.
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