ingestion

Variant of ingest

ingest definition

in·gest (in jest′)

transitive verb

to take (food, drugs, etc.) into the body, as by swallowing, inhaling, or absorbing

Etymology: < L ingestus, pp. of ingerere, to carry, put into < in-, into + gerere, to carry

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