'Ingestion' definitions:
Definition of 'ingestion'
(from WordNet)
noun
The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) [syn: consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake]
Definition of 'Ingestion'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ingestion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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