資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Emunctory \E*munc"to*ry\, n.; pl. {Emunctories}. [L. emunctorium
   a pair of snuffers, fr. emungere, emunctum, to blow the nose,
   hence, to wipe, cleanse; e out + mungere to blow the nose:
   cf. F. ['e]monctoire, formerly spelled also ['e]monctoire.]
   (Physiol.)
   Any organ or part of the body (as the kidneys, skin, etc.,)
   which serves to carry off excrementitious or waste matter.