WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
e•ges•tion
(i jes′chən),USA pronunciation n.
- Physiologythe process of egesting;
the voiding of the refuse of digestion.
- Latin ēgestiōn- (stem of ēgestiō), equivalent. to ēgest- (see egest) + -iōn- -ion
- Middle English 1375–1425