INGESTION meaning: Consumption of substances through mouth

We found 35 dictionaries that define the word Ingestion:

General (19 matching dictionaries)

ingestion: Merriam-Webster
ingestion: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
ingestion: Collins English Dictionary
ingestion: Vocabulary.com
Ingestion, ingestion: Wordnik
ingestion: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
ingestion: Wiktionary
ingestion: Dictionary.com
Ingestion: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Ingestion: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
ingestion: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
ingestion: Rhymezone
Ingestion: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
ingestion: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ingestion: FreeDictionary.org
ingestion: Mnemonic Dictionary
ingestion: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

ingestion: Encyclopedia

Medicine (11 matching dictionaries)

ingestion: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
Breast Cancer Talking Dictionary (No longer online)
Ingestion: Diabetes Dictionary
online medical dictionary (No longer online)
Lay Terms for Consent Forms (No longer online)
Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
GI Disorders (No longer online)
ingestion: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
ingestion: Medical dictionary
Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Science (3 matching dictionaries)

Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)
Ingestion: Material Safety Data Sheets HyperGlossary
ingestion: Natural History Terms

Tech (1 matching dictionary)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ingestion)

▸ noun:  The process 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.
▸ noun:  (by extension) The process of ingesting something into a jet engine or an instance.
▸ noun:  Any intake of a substance into an organism.
▸ noun:  (computing) Intake of data into a computer system.

Similar:

uptake, consumption, intake, eating, intaking, eatin', income, ingress, imbition, feeding, more...

Opposite:

excretion, elimination, expulsion

Types:

swallowing, inhaling, injecting, absorbing, ingesting, snorting, smoking, drinking, more...

Phrases:

starch ingestion, more...

Adjectives:

oral, accidental, chronic, excessive, acute, maternal, daily, recent, excess, toxic, caustic

Colors:

green, yellow, brown, red, orange, more...