ingestion Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
    intake; uptake; consumption.

WordNet


In*ges"tion noun
Etymology
L. ingestio: cf. F. ingestion.
Definitions
  1. (Physiol.) The act of taking or putting into the stomach; as, the ingestion of milk or other food.

Webster 1913