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Ingestion

Ingestion Meaning & Definition
Ingestion Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ingestion?

[n] the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ingestion: consumption | intake | uptake

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See Also | activity | bodily function | bodily process | body process | deglutition | drink | drinking | eating | feeding | imbibing | imbibition | suck | sucking | suction | swallow

Ingestion In Webster's Dictionary

\In*ges"tion\, n. [L. ingestio: cf. F. ingestion.] (Physiol.) The act of taking or putting into the stomach; as, the ingestion of milk or other food.

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