different between mastication vs ingestion

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /mæst??ke???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

mastication (countable and uncountable, plural mastications)

1. (physiology) The process of chewing.
   • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter V

     "It is more blasphemous than that thing which is swiping our meat," I replied, for whatever the thing was, it had leaped upon our deer and was devouring it in great mouthfuls which it swallowed without mastication. The creature appeared to be a great lizard at least ten feet high, with a huge, powerful tail as long as its torso, mighty hind legs and short forelegs.

2. The process of crushing as though chewed.

Related terms

• masticate

Translations

Anagrams

• aminostatic

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?d??st??n/
• Rhymes: -?st??n

Noun

ingestion (countable and uncountable, plural ingestions)

1. 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.

Derived terms

• avian ingestion

Translations

Anagrams

• Ingenitos

French

Pronunciation

Noun

ingestion f (plural ingestions)

1. ingestion

Related terms

• ingérer

Further reading

• “ingestion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• teignions

Interlingua

Noun

ingestion (uncountable)

1. ingestion