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English noun: ingestion

1. ingestion (act) the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)


Synonymsconsumption, intake, uptake


Broader (hypernym)activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process


Narrower (hyponym)deglutition, drink, drinking, eating, feeding, imbibing, imbibition, suck, sucking, suction, swallow









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