单词 | egestive |
释义 | egestiveadj. Pertaining to, or connected with, the process of egestion. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > [adjective] > action of excreting 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.a1676 |
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