egest

English

Etymology

From Latin ēgestus, the perfect passive participle of ēgerō (“I carry, bear, or bring out or away; I discharge”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iːˈd͡ʒɛst/
  • Rhymes: -ɛst

Verb

egest (third-person singular simple present egests, present participle egesting, simple past and past participle egested)

  1. To eliminate undigested food or waste from the body (as feces).
    • 2021, Alice A. Horton, Isobelle Blissett, Impacts of Plastic Pollution on Freshwater Aquatic, Terrestrial and Avian Migratory Species in the Asia and Pacific Region, Convention on Migratory Species, page 22:
      As plastics cannot be easily egested, these can accumulate within the stomach, causing impaction and leading ultimately to death.

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Translations

to excrete from the body

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