[ɪˈdʒɛst], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a cell or organism) excrete (waste matter)
(e.g: animals that feed near the surface will egest material at depth)


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Origin:
late Middle English (as egestion): from Latin egest-, from the verb egerere ‘expel’, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + gerere ‘bear, carry’