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noun
The waste which is carried out from a cell or an organism; the result of egestion; excrement
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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History
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.
