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# ingestion

«ingestion» in Mova's school dictionary: **Taking food, drink or another substance into the body…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (ingestion, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

(formal, science) Taking food, drink or another substance into the body through the mouth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ingestion/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on digestion: ingestion is the first stage (eating), then digestion, absorption and egestion. In safety: warnings on bottles say «harmful by ingestion» — do not swallow. Medical: «accidental ingestion» of a battery or medicine.

### examples

- Ingestion is the first step of digestion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ingestion/#x1)
- The label warns «Harmful by ingestion». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ingestion/#x2)
- Accidental ingestion of button batteries is very dangerous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ingestion/#x3)
- Animals take in food by ingestion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ingestion/#x4)
- Ingestion of seawater can make you ill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ingestion/#x5)
- Keep cleaning products away from toddlers to prevent ingestion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ingestion/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Verb: ingest. Opposite stage: egestion (getting rid of waste). Safety: if a child swallows a button battery or medicine, get help immediately.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ingestion» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ingestion/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.