ingestion
noun
in·ges·tion
in-ˈjes-chən 
-ˈjesh-
: the act or process of taking in something for or as if for digestion : the act or process of ingesting something
A Cochrane review showed that ingestion of cranberry products may decrease the number of symptomatic urinary tract infections in women …—
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Giovanni Montini et al.Celiac disease is the immune-mediated response to ingestion of gluten from wheat, rye and barley that damages the small intestine.—Valerie Putnam
Valerie PutnamAfter two years of almost manic ingestion of book after book—Montaigne, Milton, Seneca, Dante—he began to write Moby-Dick.—Andrew Delbanco
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The result is bottlenecks that slow down data ingestion, choke training pipelines, and undercut the performance of expensive GPUs.
—Steve McDowell, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
These were the top animal stories on NPR in 2024, including a boy's pregnant octopus
The World Wildlife Fund estimates that plastic pollution kills 100,000 marine mammals each year, either through ingestion or entanglement.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 4 Mar. 2025
Dysentery of any kind is most commonly spread via the ingestion of food or water that has been handled by an infected person.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
People, dogs, cats, rats can be infected but poultry and dairy cows are most commonly infected by inhaling viral droplets, entering through the eyes and nose, or by ingestion of infected milk or other bodily fluids.
—Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 2 Mar. 2025
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Steve McDowell, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
These were the top animal stories on NPR in 2024, including a boy's pregnant octopus
The World Wildlife Fund estimates that plastic pollution kills 100,000 marine mammals each year, either through ingestion or entanglement.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 4 Mar. 2025
Dysentery of any kind is most commonly spread via the ingestion of food or water that has been handled by an infected person.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
People, dogs, cats, rats can be infected but poultry and dairy cows are most commonly infected by inhaling viral droplets, entering through the eyes and nose, or by ingestion of infected milk or other bodily fluids.
—Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 2 Mar. 2025
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“Ingestion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ingestion. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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ingestion
noun
in·ges·tion
in-ˈjes(h)-chən
: the taking of material (as food) into the digestive system
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