Ingestion
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verb (used with object)
1.
to take, as food, into the body ( opposed to egest ).
2.
Aeronautics. to draw (foreign matter) into the inlet of a jet engine, often causing damage to the engine.
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World English Dictionary
ingest (ɪnˈdʒɛst) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to take (food or liquid) into the body |
| 2. | (of a jet engine) to suck in (an object, a bird, etc) |
| [C17: from Latin ingerere to put into, from | |
| in'gestible | |
| —adj | |
| in'gestion | |
| —n | |
| in'gestive | |
| —adj | |
| ingest (ɪnˈdʒɛst) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to take (food or liquid) into the body |
| 2. | (of a jet engine) to suck in (an object, a bird, etc) |
| [C17: from Latin ingerere to put into, from | |
| in'gestible | |
| —adj | |
| in'gestion | |
| —n | |
| in'gestive | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
ingest
1617, from L. ingestus, pp. of ingerere "to carry into, put into," from in- "into" + gerere "to carry."
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
ingestion in·ges·tion (ĭn-jěs'chən)
n.
The act of taking food and drink into the body by the mouth.
The taking in of particles by a phagocytic cell.
in·gest' (-jěst') v.
in·ges'tive (-jěs'tĭv) adj.
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Example sentences
So this might also link to that ingestion of sediment and ash particles discussed above.
The rear of the fuselage is also sculpted to sweep air into the engines using a process known as boundary-layer ingestion.
Ingestion of food makes the blood glucose level rise.
It's no coincidence that these are all images of ingestion, of a feast that has gone far past the point of pleasure.
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