egestion

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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)

  1. 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 singularf (oblique plural egestions, nominative singular egestion, nominative plural egestions)

  1. (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)