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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

Related Terms | Find terms related to Ingestion: ablation | absorption | appetite | assimilation | attrition | bile | burning up | cannibalism | carnivorism | carnivority | carnivorousness | chewing | consumption | cropping | deglutition | depletion | devouring | devourment | dieting | digestion | digestive system | dining | drain | drinking | eating | eating up | engorgement | engulfment | epulation | erosion | exhaustion | expending | expenditure | feasting | feeding | finishing | gastric juice | gastrointestinal tract | gluttony | gobbling | grazing | gulp | gulping | herbivorism | herbivority | herbivorousness | hunger | imbibing | imbibition | impoverishment | ingurgitation | intestinal juice | licking | liver | manducation | mastication | messing | munching | nibbling | nutrition | omnivorism | omnivorousness | omophagy | pancreas | pancreatic digestion | pancreatic juice | pantophagy | pasture | pasturing | pecking | predigestion | regalement | relishing | rumination | saliva | salivary digestion | salivary glands | savoring | secondary digestion | slurp | soaking-up | spending | squandering | swallow | swallowing | taking-in | tasting | using up | vegetarianism | wastage | waste | wastefulness | wasting away | wearing away | wearing down | wolfing

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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