DISGORGEMENT
\dɪsɡˈɔːd͡ʒmənt], \dɪsɡˈɔːdʒmənt], \d_ɪ_s_ɡ_ˈɔː_dʒ_m_ə_n_t]\
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Degorgement, from de, and gorge, 'the throat.' An opposite condition to that of Engorgement. The discharge or abstraction of a certain quantity of fluid, which had previously collected in a part; as Disgorgement of bile. It also means a vomit.
By Robley Dunglison
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).