ingestion
the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) • Syn: consumption, intake, uptake • Derivationally related forms: ingest, consume (for: consumption) • Hypernyms: bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity • Hyponyms: eating, feeding, swallow, drink, deglutition, sucking, suck, suction, drinking, imbibing, imbibition
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