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egesta

The English word “egesta” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. The waste which is carried out from a cell or an organism; the result of egestion; excrement

Etymology

From Latin ēgesta (“discharged [matter etc.]”), plural of Latin ēgestum (“[that which is] discharged”), an adjectivization of the perfect passive participle of Latin to discharge; to carry out.

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