释义 |
egestive, a.|ɪˈdʒɛstɪv| [f. L. ēgest- (see egest v.) + -ive.] Pertaining to, or connected with, the process of egestion.
1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. iii. vi. 276 They have the digestive, egestive, and other parts of the Nutritive Faculty. 1835–6Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 69/1 Less activity is indicated in the egestive than in the ingestive system. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. An. i. 50 In the Porifera, the terminal aperture of the gastræa becomes the egestive opening of the adult. |