ingestions
Acts of consuming
Ingestions is the plural of ingestion, the act of taking something into the body through the mouth—food, drink, medicine, or poison.
The word appears most often in medical and technical contexts: Multiple ingestions of the toxin occurred over several weeks.
In data systems, ingestion refers to importing or absorbing information: The platform handles millions of data ingestions daily.
Using up of resources
- intakeAmount received or consumed
- eatingIngesting sustenance
- swallowingIngesting via throat muscles
- nutrient absorptionBody taking in nourishment
caloric intake · dietary intake · feeding · nourishment · sustenance · digestion · metabolizing · assimilation
Fraction reaching active circulation
- absorption rateSpeed of substance intake
- dosageMeasured medicine amount
- sublingualUnder the tongue
- enteralPertaining to intestines
bolus · timed-release · capsule · tablet · sustained release · pharmacokinetics · drug delivery · therapeutic dose
Excessive uncontrolled food intake
- compulsive eatingUncontrollable urge to overeat
- picaPrinting measurement unit
- overeatingConsuming beyond bodily needs
- gorgingEating greedily, excessively
purging · bulimia · emotional eating · stress eating · mindless eating · disordered eating · food addiction · appetite
Harmful excess intake
- poisoningHarmful substance exposure
- chemical exposureContact with harmful substances
- activated charcoalProcessed carbon for absorption
- poison controlToxicology emergency service
consumption
Using up of resources
- intakeAmount received or consumed
- eatingIngesting sustenance
- swallowingIngesting via throat muscles
nutrient absorption · caloric intake · dietary intake · feeding · nourishment · sustenance · digestion · metabolizing · assimilation · uptake
bioavailability
Fraction reaching active circulation
- absorption rateSpeed of substance intake
- dosageMeasured medicine amount
- sublingualUnder the tongue
enteral · bolus · timed-release · capsule · tablet · sustained release · pharmacokinetics · drug delivery · therapeutic dose
binge eating
Excessive uncontrolled food intake
- compulsive eatingUncontrollable urge to overeat
- picaPrinting measurement unit
- overeatingConsuming beyond bodily needs
gorging · purging · bulimia · emotional eating · stress eating · mindless eating · disordered eating · food addiction · appetite · craving
overdose
Harmful excess intake
- poisoningHarmful substance exposure
- chemical exposureContact with harmful substances
- activated charcoalProcessed carbon for absorption
poison control · antidote · stomach pumping · emetic · toxicology
ingestionsexcretions
Expelled bodily waste
expulsions · excretion · expulsion · eliminations · discharges
ingestionsrejections
Formal refusals given
regurgitations · vomiting · refusals · abstentions · expectorations