egestiveadj.
/ɪˈdʒɛstɪv/ Pertaining to, or connected with, the process of egestion.
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excretic1612
egestivea1676
eliminative1812
eliminatory1819
excretionary1872
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iii. vi. 276 They have the digestive, egestive, and other parts of the Nutritive Faculty.
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 69/1 Less activity is indicated in the egestive than in the ingestive system.
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals i. 50 In the Porifera, the terminal aperture of the gastræa becomes the egestive opening of the adult.
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