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what do you mean by ingestion?

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The process of intake of food, liquid or drugs inside the body through mouth is called ingestion. After ingestion the ingested material passes to the stomach through the food canal. Along with food our mouth also ingests various microorganisms that are mostly killed by the acid present in the stomach.


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