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Definitions for: Ingestion [n] the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: consumption, intake, uptake
See Also: activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process, deglutition, drink, drinking, eating, feeding, imbibing, imbibition, suck, sucking, suction, swallow
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