Ingestion vs. Digestion

Ingestionnoun

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.

Ingestionnoun

The act of taking or putting into the stomach; as, the ingestion of milk or other food.

Ingestionnoun

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

Ingestion

Ingestion is the consumption of a substance by an organism. In animals, it normally is accomplished by taking in a substance through the mouth into the gastrointestinal tract, such as through eating or drinking.

Digestionnoun

The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be utilized by the body.

Digestionnoun

The result of this process.

Digestionnoun

The ability to use this process.

Digestionnoun

The processing of decay in organic matter assisted by microorganisms.

Digestionnoun

The assimilation and understanding of ideas.

Digestionnoun

Generation of pus; suppuration.

Digestionnoun

(chemistry) Dissolution of a sample into a solution by means of adding acid and heat.

Digestionnoun

The act or process of digesting; reduction to order; classification; thoughtful consideration.

Digestionnoun

The conversion of food, in the stomach and intestines, into soluble and diffusible products, capable of being absorbed by the blood.

Digestionnoun

Generation of pus; suppuration.

Digestionnoun

the process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by bacteria or by chemical action or heat

Digestionnoun

the organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body

Digestionnoun

learning and coming to understand ideas and information;

Digestion

Digestion is the breakdown of large insoluble food molecules into small water-soluble food molecules so that they can be absorbed into the watery blood plasma. In certain organisms, these smaller substances are absorbed through the small intestine into the blood stream.