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Definition of egest in English: egestverb ɪˈdʒɛst [with object]formal (of a cell or organism) excrete (waste matter) animals that feed near the surface will egest material at depth Example sentencesExamples - Since magnesium citrate stimulates the bowel to perform their task of egesting waste, it is not advisable to prolong its use.
- We can deduce that the cyprinids in this study egest and excrete nutrients at a ratio close to 15.
- All we need to do is have her ingest at one end what she egests from the other end.
- It egests distinct fecal pellets that are long rods and are placed, by the worm, in a pile on the sediment surface.
- When it eats foods with hard parts, it egests these parts in the form of pellets.
Synonyms eject, expel, emit, discharge, pass, excrete, let out, send out, release, exude, eliminate
Derivatives noun formal Post-ingestive processes include further particle sorting, digestion, absorption and egestion of true faeces. Example sentencesExamples - While diets may be identical - fish, essentially - the timing of ingestion affects the state of digestion that, in turn, dictates the incidence of egestion.
- Mucus losses are also a factor in metabolic faecal loss, i.e., the loss of endogenous matter (including cell debris and protein secretions) that accompanies post-ingestive selection and the egestion of true faeces.
- To study the mechanism of oral pellet egestion in great-horned owls, bipolar electrodes and strain-gauge transducers were chronically implanted in the esophagus, muscular stomach, and duodenum of six owls.
Origin Late Middle English (as egestion): from Latin egest-, from the verb egerere 'expel', from e- (variant of ex-) 'out' + gerere 'bear, carry'. |