noun
- Plural of exhalent; vessels or ducts through which air or vapor is expelled or discharged.
Usage: technical; anatomy/biology; rare in modern usage
Examples
- The exhalents of the mollusk allow water to be expelled from the mantle cavity.
- In anatomical studies, exhalents are contrasted with inhalents in filter-feeding organisms.
- The exhalents function to remove waste gases from the respiratory system.