Synonyms for ingestion
in·ges·tion

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1. consumption, ingestion, intake, uptakenoun

   the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

   Synonyms:
   phthisis, use, expenditure, use of goods and services, uptake, inhalation, pulmonary tuberculosis, using up, wasting disease, breathing in, consumption, aspiration, economic consumption, inlet, intake, usance, inspiration, white plague

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1. List of paraphrases for "ingestion":

   intake, ingesting, ingest, feeding, collection

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1. Colleen Scott:

   What we're seeing is they are getting it from ingestion of unpasteurized milk products.

2. Leonardo Trasande:

   Insofar as old homes have not been evaluated or remediated, levels of lead in children’s blood are likely to be higher due to water ingestion, dust inhalation and contact with soil.

3. Judge Cahill:

   This evidence is being admitted solely for the limited purpose of showing what effects the ingestion of opioids may or may not have had on the physical well-being of George Floyd, this evidence is not to be used as evidence of the character of George Floyd.

4. Richard Hesketh:

   You need to bear in mind that children put all sorts of objects in their mouth, and doctors assessing nonspecific abdominal pain should always consider ingestion as a possible cause.

5. Ashok Ghosh:

   It is a slow poison. Symptoms appear after continuous ingestion over five to 12 years.