Associations to the word «Ingestion»

Wiktionary

INGESTION, noun. The action of ingesting, or consuming something orally, whether it be food, drink, medicine, or other substance. It is usually referred to as the first step of digestion.

Dictionary definition

INGESTION, noun. The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating).

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope