ingestion

As a noun ingestion

is ingestion.

As an adjective ingestive is

of or pertaining to ingestion.

As a noun ingestion

is ingestion.

As an adjective holophytic is

(biology) that can obtain nutrition without the ingestion of food.

As nouns the difference between ingestion and autotherapy

is that ingestion is ingestion while autotherapy is (medicine) the spontaneous cure of a medical condition.

As nouns the difference between ingestion and cysticercosis

is that ingestion is ingestion while cysticercosis is (medicine) a common parasitic infestation of the central nervous system, caused by the ingestion of eggs or larvae of the tapeworm taenia solium .

As nouns the difference between ingestion and fagopyrism

is that ingestion is ingestion while fagopyrism is photosensitivity of the skin caused by the ingestion of fagopyrin.

As nouns the difference between ingestion and spermophagia

is that ingestion is the action 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 while spermophagia is the ingestion of semen.

As nouns the difference between ingestion and ergotism

is that ingestion is the action 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 while ergotism is the effect of long-term ergot poisoning, traditionally due to the ingestion of the alkaloids produced by the Claviceps purpurea fungus which infects rye and other cereals, and more recently by the action of a number of ergoline-based drugs.

As nouns the difference between ingestion and paragonimiasis

is that ingestion is ingestion while paragonimiasis is a food-borne parasitic infection caused by the lung fluke, most commonly paragonimus westermani , in humans usually spread by ingestion of raw or undercooked freshwater crabs or crayfishes.

As nouns the difference between ingestion and cytophagy

is that ingestion is ingestion while cytophagy is the ingestion of cells by phagocytes.

As nouns the difference between ingestion and denatonium

is that ingestion is ingestion while denatonium is (organic compound) the most bitter chemical compound known, whose salts are used as aversive agents to prevent accidental ingestion of dangerous substances.