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English
Etymology
From Old French egestion, from Latin ēgestiōnem, accusative of ēgestiō (“emptying, voiding”), action noun from the perfect passive participle of ēgerō (“to carry out”), from ex- + gerō.
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Noun
egestion (countable and uncountable, plural egestions)
- The act or result of egesting
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Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ēgestiōnem, accusative of ēgestiō (“emptying, voiding”), action noun from the perfect passive participle of ēgerō (“to carry out”), from ex- + gerō.
Noun
egestion oblique singular, f (oblique plural egestions, nominative singular egestion, nominative plural egestions)
- (medicine) egestion
References
- égestion on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (egestion)