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Noun: ingestion  in'jes-chun
  1. The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
    - consumption, intake, uptake

Derived forms: ingestions

See also: ingest

Type of: activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process

Encyclopedia: Ingestion

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