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

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ingesta

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

From Slate ● Feb. 26, 2023

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

The opening of the paunch, or rumen, in cattle and the removal of a part or the whole of the ingesta through said opening is termed rumenotomy.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

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 P. L. Simmonds

Unfortunately, we do not possess any reliable data with which to decide the question whether it is shorter or longer when the poison is imbibed with the ingesta than when it is inhaled.

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