egestive
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egestive — adjective see egestion … New Collegiate Dictionary
egestive — See egestion. * * * … Universalium
egestive — egestˈive adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑egest … Useful english dictionary
egest — egestive, adj. /ee jest , i jest /, v.t. to discharge, as from the body; void (opposed to ingest). [1600 10; < L egest(us) (ptp. of egerere) carried out, equiv. to e E + ges (var. of ger ) carry + tus ptp. suffix] * * * … Universalium
egestion — noun Etymology: Middle English egestioun, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French egestion, from Latin egestion , egestio, from egerere to carry outside, discharge, from e + gerere to carry Date: 1547 the act or process of discharging… … New Collegiate Dictionary
egest — verb To excrete from the body. See Also: egesta, egestion, egestive … Wiktionary
excretory — Synonyms and related words: egestive, eliminative, excretionary, excretive, exudative, lachrymal, lachrymose, lacrimatory, lactational, lacteal, lacteous, leaky, oozy, percolative, permeable, pervious, porous, rheumy, runny, salivant, salivary,… … Moby Thesaurus
secretory — Synonyms and related words: egestive, eliminative, excretionary, excretive, excretory, exudative, lachrymal, lachrymose, lacrimatory, lactational, lacteal, lacteous, rheumy, salivant, salivary, salivous, secretional, secretive, seminal, serous,… … Moby Thesaurus
egest — /iˈdʒɛst/ (say ee jest) verb (t) to discharge, as from the body; void (opposed to ingest). {Latin ēgestus, past participle, brought out} –egestive, adjective …
egest — v.t. excrete. ♦ egesta, n.pl. excrements. ♦ egestion, n. ♦ egestive, a … Dictionary of difficult words
