egestion

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  1. The act of voiding the refuse of digestion, or that which is voided; defecation; dejection: opposed to ingestion. It is confounded with the intestinal excretions and egestions. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., iii. 13.

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  1. from Latin egestio(n-), from egerere, past participle egestus, void, vomit: see egest.
 

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