sb. pl. [L. ēgesta, neut. pl. of ēgestus, pa. pple. of ēgerĕre: see prec.] Waste matters passed off from the body; excreta.
1787. E. Ford, in Med. Commun., II. 128. An exact attention to the ingesta and egesta would be conducive to recovery.
1833. J. Rennie, Alph. Angling, 36. It feeds … if we may judge from its egesta, upon … slime or moistened clay.
1862. Sir H. Holland, Ess. Mod. Chem., 451.
