| 释义 |
egestion|ɪˈdʒɛstʃən|
[ad. L. ēgestiōn-em, noun of action f. ēgerĕre: see prec.]
†1. gen. The action of discharging or emptying out. In quot. concr. Obs.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. xi. 449 Now thai condite her must egestion [L. primo amne musti spumantis egesto] That wol with gipse her wynes medicyne.
2. Phys. The passing off of excreta from within the body; opposed to ingestion.
1670Ray Proverbs (1768) 8 Why the naming of some Excrements of the body, or the egestion of them is condemned. 1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. i. i. 32 These natural or involuntary exertions of Digestion, Egestion, Circulation. 1847–9Todd Cycl. Anat. IV. 459/1 The functions of egestion are more necessary to the maintainance of life than those of ingestion. 1878Bell tr. Gegenbauer's Comp. Anat. 84 The form of which is very varied, and which at times contains the orifice of egestion also.
†b. spec. Evacuation of the bowels. Obs.
1547Boorde Brev. Health xv. 12 They do defyle them selfe other by uryn, or by egestion, or both at once. 1578Banister Hist. Man v. 64 The Muscles..are vnto egestion seruiceable. 1608Topsell Serpents 756 He which is stung by a scorpion..is..affected with..a continual desire to egestion. 1711Last Distemp. Tom Whigg i. 5 Sliced, a..Term in Hawking to signifie Egestion.
†c. Occasionally used for ‘vomiting’. Obs.
1633T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter i. 20 The true history of Jonah, his swallowing and egestion by the whale. 1633Bp. Hall Hard Texts 383 By luke-warme water..the stomack is made apt to egestion.
d. concr. Excrement, † vomit.
1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts 482 The excrements of his [the ox's] belly and egestion or dung, for the amending and enriching of plowed lands. 1609Bp. Barlow Answ. Nameless Cath. 100 The vnsauorie egestion of a filthy strong stomake. 1610P. Barrough Meth. Physick i. xvi. (1639) 25 For the most part their egestions be liquid. 1656Hobbes Six Less. Wks. 1845 VII. 324 To take wing..like beetles from my egestions. 1671Salmon Syn. Med. ii. xlvi. 309 The Egestion, soft, equal, yellow, is well digested.
†3. The expulsion of a product of digestion, secretion, etc., from the organ producing it. Also concr. Obs.
1643Digby Nat. Bodies xxxv. (1658) 367 The arteries which lie fittest to receive these sudden egestions of blood. 1696Phillips, Egestion, the Expulsion of Meat, digested through the Pylorus or gate of the Stomach, to the rest of the Intestines. 1715in Kersey. 1721–1800in Bailey. |