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egestion

Removal of undigested food or faeces from the gut. In most animals egestion takes place via the anus, although the invertebrate flatworms must use the mouth because their gut has no exit. Egestion refers solely to indigestible matter which is never absorbed into the cells – it should not be confused with excretion of the waste products of metabolism.
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Byline: Matt Cooper The Register-Guard Eugene city councilors on Monday said the crime problem downtown is intolerable, and they hope to adopt recommendations that could emerge next month to combat everything from public defecation to robbery.
Council addresses crime by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Neighbors caught in open defecation, for example, may be taunted.
Shaming makes people in rural India adopt proper sanitation habits by Asian News International
The idea is to discourage both open-air defecation and the use of bucket toilets -- options that ramp up the risk of the spread of disease and diarrhoea.
To save lives, an Indian doctor rethinks the toilet by AFP / AFP Global Edition
 
 
 
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