ingesta
Americanplural noun
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of ingesta
1720–30; < New Latin, neuter plural of Latin ingestus. See ingest
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
The matters vomited consist of the ingesta colored with bile, of glairy mucus tinged with bile, or of green bile, sometimes in considerable quantity.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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