ingesta

American  

[in-jes-tuh] / ɪnˈdʒɛs tə /

plural noun

1. substances ingested.

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ingesta British  

/ ɪnˈdʒɛstə /

plural noun

1. nourishment taken into the body through the mouth

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Etymology

Origin of ingesta

1720–30; < New Latin, neuter plural of Latin ingestus. See ingest

Example Sentences

Gafenco explained their process in an email: Essentially, ingesta may get from the stomach to the lungs via the throat—but this contamination is noticeable during inspections.

From Slate • Feb. 26, 2023

If inspectors see ingesta around the trachea, then they do a detailed lung inspection.

From Slate • Feb. 26, 2023

Does the palate exert some peculiar action on the ingesta, so as to give to each a distinct sapor?

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.

Without doubt it commonly enters the system by the breath, but it may enter in the ingesta, and it infects the blood.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Finally, upon grounds of circulation, with the same elements as before, it will be obvious that the quantity can neither be accounted for by the ingesta, nor yet be held necessary to nutrition.

From A History of Science — Volume 2 by Williams, Henry Smith