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Ingestion - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Ingestion : (noun)
1: the process of taking food into the body through the mouth
(as by eating) [syn: consumption, intake, uptake]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Ingestion : \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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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