| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Being efferent or centrifugal.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb emunctorily.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (emunctorily) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective emunctory.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun | 1. Any organ or part of the body (as the kidneys, skin, etc.,) which serves to carry off excrementitious or waste matter.[Websters]. | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
"EMUNCTORY" is a common misspelling or typo for: emanatory, emunctories. |
Date "EMUNCTORY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Etymology:Emunctory \E*munc"to*ry\, noun; plural Emunctories. [Latin emunctorium a pair of snuffers, from emungere, emunctum, to blow the nose, hence, to wipe, cleanse; e out + mungere to blow the nose: compare to French ['e]monctoire, formerly spelled also ['e]monctoire.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: EMUNCTORY
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] 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.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Adjective] Pertaining to the elimination of waste from the body. A mixture of poor diet and poor hygiene caused him inflammation of the emunctory aperture. (references) | 2: [Noun] Any part of the body which carries or removes waste. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
