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why is water released as a waste if it is a very useful substance for our body?

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Removal of water as a waste from the body is a control of water balance that provides the constant osmotic environment around the body cells. According to physical, surrounding condition, (Cold/Hot) the rate of the water removal would be different. Water is selectively reabsorbed from the tubules of nephrons during excretion process.

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