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egest verb [ ɪˈdʒɛst ]

• (of a cell or organism) excrete (waste matter).
• "animals that feed near the surface will egest material at depth"
Origin: late Middle English (as egestion ): from Latin egest-, from the verb egerere ‘expel’, from e- (variant of ex- ) ‘out’ + gerere ‘bear, carry’.


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