Egest
/ɪˈdʒɛst/noun
To discharge or expel waste from the body.
Did you know?Egest comes from Latin egerere, literally “to carry out,” a plain physical image that became a medical term for expelling waste.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
egerere
“to carry out, bring forth, expel”
Late Latin
Latin
egestus
“carried out; discharged”
Middle English
English
egesten
“to discharge from the body”
Modern English
English
egest
“to expel waste from the body”