GESTA
\d͡ʒˈɛstə], \dʒˈɛstə], \dʒ_ˈɛ_s_t_ə]\
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Thing done. A Latin term, introduced by Halle into medical language, to designate, among the objects which belong to hygiene, the functions which consist in the voluntary movements of muscles and organs. In the class Gesta are found sleep, the waking state, movements or locomotion, and rest.
By Robley Dunglison