To discharge or expel waste matter from the body, especially from the intestines.
From Latin 'egestus,' past participle of 'egerer' meaning 'to carry out' or 'discharge.' Literally 'e-' (out) + 'gerere' (to carry). It's a formal, scientific term used especially in biology and medicine.
Scientists needed a clinical word for 'poop' that wouldn't offend Victorian ears, so they borrowed the Latin 'egest'—it's the medical version of what we now casually call 'excretion.'
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