English Explanatory Dictionary

egesta

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The waste which is carried out from a cell or an organism; the result of egestion; excrement

Word forms

egesta

Etymology

From Latin ēgesta (“discharged [matter etc.]”), plural of Latin ēgestum (“[that which is] discharged”), an adjectivization of the perfect passive participle of Latin to discharge; to carry out.

Related words

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