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egesta

[ee-jes-tuh, ih-jes-]
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noun (used with a singular or plural verb)
  1. matter egested from the body, as excrement or other waste.

Origin of egesta

1780–90; neuter plural of Latin ēgestus carried out. See egest
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Related Words for egesta

dung, droppings, manure, feces, urine, feculence, ordure, excreta, transpiration, exudation, sudation, diaphoresis, sudor, stool, evacuation, sweat, secretion, discharge, chips, perspiration

Examples from the Web for egesta

Historical Examples of egesta

  • It feeds, in fact, if we may judge from its egesta, upon the slime or moistened clay with which its hole is lined.

  • The weight of a working full-grown horse does not vary from day to day, as the weight of its egesta is equal to that of its food.

    The Stock-Feeder's Manual

    Charles Alexander Cameron

  • Many patients are averse to food, and where little is taken in, the egesta must be inconsiderable.

  • If Nicias was prepared for the news from Egesta, his two colleagues were taken completely by surprise.

  • But they were especially incited by envoys from Egesta, who had come to Athens and invoked their aid more urgently than ever.

British Dictionary definitions for egesta

egesta

pl n
  1. anything egested, as waste material from the body; excrement

Word Origin for egesta

C18: from Latin, literally: (things) carried out; see egest
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egesta in Medicine

egesta

[ē-jĕs′tə]
pl.n.
  1. Unabsorbed food residues that are discharged from the digestive tract.
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