Eccritic has the following meanings in the field of medicine:

1. To promote waste matters, such as feces (poop) to be sent out of the body.

2. A substance that promotes the release of wastes from the body. Eccritic comes from the Greek word "eccrisis" meaning "separation" and the Greek word "ikos" meaning "pertaining to." Put the two words together and you have "pertaining to separation."

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