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Answer for the clue "Discharged matter ", 6 letters:
egesta

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Word definitions for egesta in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Egesta \E*ges"ta\, n. pl. [NL., neut. pl. from p. p. of L. egere. See Egest .] (Physiol.) That which is egested or thrown off from the body by the various excretory channels; excrements; -- opposed to ingesta .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The waste which is carried out from a cell or an organism; the excrement.

Usage examples of egesta.

We are learning that the chemistry of the body must be studied, not simply by its ingesta and egesta, but that there is a long intermediate series of changes which must be investigated in their own light, under their own special conditions.

The story was that Acestes was the son of the Sicilian river-god Crimisus and Egesta, a Trojan maiden.