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   egest

   /ɪˈdʒɛst/

   verb

   • 1. (of a cell or organism) excrete (waste matter): formal "animals that feed near the surface will egest material at depth"

   Word Origin late Middle English (as egestion): from Latin egest-, from the verb egerere ‘expel’, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + gerere ‘bear, carry’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. egestion noun

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • E

     1

   • G

     2

   • E

     1

   • S

     1

   • T

     1

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