English-Spanish translations for ingestion

• ingestión
  El envenenamiento por ingestión de alimentos contaminados con mercurio -normalmente el pescado- es la principal fuente de contaminación entre el público en general. Mercury poisoning through the ingestion of mercury-contaminated food - usually fish - is the main source of contamination in the general public.
  La Directiva sobre medidas de seguridad 96/29/Euratom prevé dichos coeficientes en el organismo por unidad consumida mediante ingestión de tritio y de agua tritiada. The basic safety standards directive 96/29/Euratom gives those coefficients per unit of intake by ingestion both for organically-bound tritium and for tritiated water.

Definition of ingestion

• 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

Related words

• ingest
• ingestible
• postingestive
• Dingestow
• Ingestre