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Uricotelism and Ammonotelism.

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The phenomenon of elimination of nitrogenous wstes in animals as uric acid is called uricotelism. On the other hand the phenomenon of urinary eliminatioj of nitrogenous wastes as ammonia is known as ammonotelism.
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