ingestion (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *ingestion*:
NOUN	act	ingestion, consumption, intake, uptake	the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

ingestion > pronunciation
Sounds	ihnjheh'schahn
Rhymes	Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn...

English > *ingestion*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating).
Synonyms	consumption, intake, uptake
Narrower	drinking, imbibing, imbibition	The act of consuming liquids / liquids
	eating, feeding	The act of consuming food
	sucking, suck, suction	The act of sucking / sucking
	swallow, drink, deglutition	The act of swallowing
Broader	bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity	An organic process that takes place in the body
Spanish	consumo, ingesta, ingestión
Catalan	consum, ingesta, ingestió
Verbs	ingest	serve oneself to, or consume regularly

HyperDic: ingestion