Definition for EX'CRE-TO-RY

EX'CRE-TO-RY, n.

A little duct or vessel, destined to receive secreted fluids, and to excrete them; also a secretory vessel. The excretories are nothing but slender strips of the arteries, deriving an appropriated juice from the blood. Cheyne.

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