Ingests

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of ingest form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

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absorbconsumeconsumeablateabsorbassimilate

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"Fertilized roundworm eggs are deposited in the soil from human feces. If someone ingests these eggs, they hatch in the intestine."

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