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INGESTION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

consumption; ingestion; intake; uptake

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("ingestion" is a kind of...):

activity; bodily function; bodily process; body process (an organic process that takes place in the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ingestion"):

eating; feeding (the act of consuming food)

deglutition; drink; swallow (the act of swallowing)

suck; sucking; suction (the act of sucking)

drinking; imbibing; imbibition (the act of consuming liquids)

Derivation:

ingest (serve oneself to, or consume regularly)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Plasma pancreatic polypeptide increases after ingestion of food, with age, and in disease states.

(Pancreatic polypeptide, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Humans are infected from ingestion of raw or undercooked food.

(Paragonimiasis, NCI Thesaurus)

The absorbed dose for a subject that results from ingestion of sources of radiation that reside throughout the subject over time.

(Medical Internal Radiation Dose, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon ingestion, water permeates the core and the ingredient is dissolved and released.

(Osmotic Laser Drilled Tablet Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

Signs and symptoms from fructose ingestion are evident in infancy and include vomiting, abdominal pain and hypoglycemia.

(Hereditary Fructose Intolerance, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon oral ingestion, Lp 299 adheres to the intestinal mucosa, modulates the composition of the normal microflora, helps maintain adequate colonization of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and improves digestion and metabolism.

(Lactobacillus plantarum strain 299, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon oral ingestion, L. plantarum strain 299v adheres to the intestinal mucosa, modulates the composition of the normal microflora, helps maintain adequate colonization of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and improves digestion and metabolism.

(Lactobacillus plantarum strain 299v, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon oral ingestion, the naturally-occurring bacterial components in this dietary supplement may improve digestion and help maintain adequate colonization of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract by modulating the composition of the normal microflora.

(Lactobacillus plantarum 299v/Lactobacillus acidophilus/Bifidobacterium lactis Probiotic Supplement, NCI Thesaurus)

Hemolytic anemia due to the ingestion of fava beans or after inhalation of pollen from the Vicia fava plant by persons with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficient erythrocytes.

(Favism, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Patients are infected usually by ingestion of contaminated food or wound contamination.

(Botulism, NCI Thesaurus)