elim·i·na·tion
n 1 : the act of discharging or excreting waste products or foreign substances from the body 2 eliminations pl : bodily discharges including urine, feces, and vomit 3 : the removal from a molecule of the constituents of a simpler molecule <the of water from ethyl alcohol in the form of hydrogen and hydroxyl produces ethylene> .
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