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Definition of Egestion
1. n. Act or process of egesting; a voiding.
Definition of Egestion
1. Noun. The excretion of undigested food as faeces. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Egestion
1. the act of egesting [n -S] : EGESTIVE [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Egestion
Literary usage of Egestion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Textbook of physiology by Winfield Scott Hall (1899)
"The egestion of Urine—Micturition. The urine passes from the pelvis of the kidney
through the ureters to the bladder, where it is retained until that ..."
2. Intestinal Ills; Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons by Alcinous Burton Jamison (1901)
"THE PHYSICS OF DIGESTION AND egestion. A TREE is simply an extension from its
roots ; and, in an analogous manner, man's body may be said to be an extension ..."
3. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1855)
"The Medulla Oblongata, the spinal centre principally of the acts of ingestion
and of egestion, by which the preservation of the individual is effected, ..."
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