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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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Ingestion
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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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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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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