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egesta
CIDE DICTIONARY
egesta, n. pl. [NL., neut. pl. from p. p. of L. egere. See Egest.].
That which is egested or thrown off from the body by the various excretory channels; excrements; -- opposed to ingesta . [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
egesta
Excretion
N excretion, discharge, emanation, exhalation, exudation, extrusion, secretion, effusion, extravasation, ecchymosis, evacuation, dejection, faeces, excrement, shit, stools, crap, bloody flux, cacation, coeliac-flux, coeliac- passion, dysentery, perspiration, sweat, subation, exudation, diaphoresis, sewage, eccrinology, saliva, spittle, rheum, ptyalism, salivation, catarrh, diarrhoea, ejecta, egesta, sputa, excreta, lava, exuviae, hemorrhage, bleeding, outpouring.For further exploring for "egesta" in Webster Dictionary Online