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Egesta
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.
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egesta
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.