ingestion

Significat (Anglès)

1. (countable, uncountable) The process of ingesting, or consuming something orally, whether it be food, drink, medicine, or other substance. It is usually referred to as the first step of digestion.
2. (broadly, countable, uncountable) The process of ingesting something into a jet engine or an instance.
3. (countable, uncountable) Any intake of a substance into an organism.
4. (countable, uncountable) Intake of data into a computer system.

Conceptes

ingestió

consum

ingesta

Sinònims

consumption

intake

uptake

swallowing

consumerism

tobacco

food intake

co-operative store

ingest

Traduccions

ingestión

ingestione

ingestion

ingestão

Nahrungsaufnahme

Ingestion

ingestie

κατάποση

Ernährung

بلْع

κατανάλωση

διατροφή

ingestion

absorption

Zuflussrohr

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ɪnˈd͡ʒɛst͡ʃən/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Borrowed from Latin ingestionem, accusative of ingestio (“a pouring in”), action noun of the perfect passive participle of ingerere (“pour in”), from in- (“in, into”) + gero (“to carry, to bear”).