Definition of "egestion" [e•ges•tion]

• The excretion of undigested food as faeces. (noun)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "All turbellarians possess an intestine without an anus and the mouth is used for both ingestion and egestion."
• "Is not the same precaution more essential with the receptacles for digestion and egestion?"
• "Thus Moses also pronounces that they continued unclean, so long as the food continued in them; for he bids them wash in the evening, and then they should be clean; calculating the time of digestion and egestion."