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ingestion
noun
1 ingestion
The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating).
synonyms: consumption, intake, uptake.
Roget 296:
reception;
admission,
admittance,
entree,
importation;
introduction,
intromission;
immission†,
ingestion,
imbibation†,
introception†,
absorption,
ingurgitation†,
inhalation;
suction,
sucking;
eating,
drinking
etc.
(food)
298;
insertion
etc.
300;
interjection
etc.
228;
introit.
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Dutch: inname, intakegesprek
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