mastication

As nouns the difference between mastication and ingestion

is that mastication is the process of chewing while 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.

As nouns the difference between chewing and mastication

is that chewing is the consumption of (the juice from) the khat plant while mastication is the process of chewing.

As a verb chewing

is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between manducation and mastication

is that manducation is the act of eating while mastication is the process of chewing.

As nouns the difference between mastication and chew

is that mastication is the process of chewing while chew is a small sweet, such as a taffy, that is eaten by chewing.

As a verb chew is

to crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed.

Ruminationinbiology is likely misspelled.

Ruminationinbiology has no English definition.

As a noun mastication

is the process of chewing.

As nouns the difference between regurgitation and mastication

is that regurgitation is the act of regurgitating while mastication is the process of chewing.

As nouns the difference between mastication and mouthcoating

is that mastication is (physiology) the process of chewing while mouthcoating is the type and degree of coating in the mouth after mastication of a food.