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Ingestion

Ingestion

The act of taking food, medicines, etc., into the body, by mouth. The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating).The entering of foodstuff into the gut where it can be digested.

ingestion is the process of consuming something edible for the purpose of providing for the nutritional needs of an animal,particulary for their energy requirements.


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