Term Information

Accession
GO:0007588
Name
excretion
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The elimination by an organism of the waste products that arise as a result of metabolic activity. These products include water, carbon dioxide (CO2), and nitrogenous compounds. Source: ISBN:0192801023
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0007588 at QuickGO
Subset
gocheck_do_not_annotate
goslim_pir
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Parents of excretion (GO:0007588)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
excretion [is_a relation] is_a  system process (GO:0003008)
Children of excretion (GO:0007588)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
renal tubular secretion (GO:0097254) [is_a relation] is_a  excretion
micturition (GO:0060073) [is_a relation] is_a  excretion
regulation of excretion (GO:0044062) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  excretion
defecation (GO:0030421) [is_a relation] is_a  excretion
ammonium excretion (GO:0140734) [is_a relation] is_a  excretion
Wikipedia
Excretion