Ingestion

//ɪnˈd͡ʒɛst͡ʃən//

Synonyms for "ingestion" (100 found)

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Translations

10 translations across 8 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries
  • поглъщане noun (the action of ingesting)
  • поемане noun (the action of ingesting)

Catalan

1 entries
  • ingestió noun (the action of ingesting)

French

1 entries
  • ingestion noun (the action of ingesting)

German

1 entries
  • Ingestion noun (the action of ingesting)

Italian

1 entries
  • ingestione noun (the action of ingesting)

Polish

2 entries
  • spożycie noun (the action of ingesting)
  • spożywanie noun (the action of ingesting)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • ingestão noun (the action of ingesting)

Spanish

1 entries
  • ingestión noun (the action of ingesting)

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He was sentenced to a lethal ingestion of carbs.

Source: tatoeba (6468319)

Threats to marine bird populations worldwide include competition for food with fisheries; entanglement in fishing gear; ingestion of marine debris and disturbance of roosting and breeding birds by watercraft, aircraft, humans and introduced species (especially cats, rats and foxes), environmental pollution and oil spills.

Source: tatoeba (6604344)

If your face begins to puff up following ingestion of medicinal goods, call the emergency number straight away.

Source: tatoeba (8490154)

The common modes of ingestion in forensic settings are oral ingestion, injection, and smoking

Source: wiktionary

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