Crossword clues for egestion
egestion
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Egestion
Egestion \E*ges"tion\, n. [L. egestio.]
Act or process of egesting; a voiding.
--Sir M. Hale.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
egestion
"act of voiding the refuse of digestion," early 15c., from Latin egestionem (nominative egestio), noun of action from past participle stem of egerere "to discharge" (see egest).
Wiktionary
egestion
n. The excretion of undigested food as feces.
Usage examples of "egestion".
The smell of cooking grease, some foul egestion wafting aloft from the bilges, the fug of damp wool and unwashed bod- ies was fit to make him gag, but he forbore manfully.