Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of voiding the refuse of digestion, or that which is voided; defecation; dejection: opposed to ingestion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Act or process of egesting; a voiding.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
excretion of undigested food asfaeces .
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Examples
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All turbellarians possess an intestine without an anus and the mouth is used for both ingestion and egestion.
Platyhelminthes 2007
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Is not the same precaution more essential with the receptacles for digestion and egestion?
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Thus Moses also pronounces that they continued unclean, so long as the food continued in them; for he bids them wash in the evening, and then they should be clean; calculating the time of digestion and egestion.
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew 1225?-1274 1842
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