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INGESTION

\ɪnd͡ʒˈɛst͡ʃən], \ɪnd‍ʒˈɛst‍ʃən], \ɪ_n_dʒ_ˈɛ_s_tʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of INGESTION

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

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

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

The introduction of food and drink into the stomach.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Same as alimentation.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

A throwing into the stomach.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

The act of throwing into the stomach.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

The swallowing or assumption of food-material.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

The act of taking food or drink.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

The introduction of anything into the alimentary canal by the mouth.
The act by which a cell takes into its substance particles of foreign matter. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

n. [Latin] Act of throwing into the stomach.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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