verb
definition
To take a substance (e.g. food) into the body of an organism, especially through the mouth and into the gastrointestinal tract.
definition
To bring or import into a system.
Examples of ingests in a Sentence
The blood does n't need to be the same as his own blood-type, but he urinates the same blood he ingests.
Tapeworm is caused when a cat ingests a flea.
Then your cat eats the leaves and ingests the poisons you fed your plant.
Tapeworms generally begin their life cycle on a flea and then migrate into the cat's digestive system when she grooms herself and ingests the flea.
While many veterinarians do not see a problem with using clumping litter, there is still some concern that it can cause health problems if your cat ingests the particles.
The average baby ingests 10 micrograms per every kilogram of their body weight.
When a smoker ingests this substance, it acts on the pleasure centers in the brain.
The mosquito ingests the larva of the worms that cause heartworm, known as microfilariae, when it bites an infected animal.
Nail polish that's made for humans are developed in laboratories using harsh chemicals and by-products which can be seriously detrimental to a dog's health if she ingests the contents.
If your dog ingests large quantities, he may develop a bowel obstruction which will require emergency veterinary surgery.
The procedure requires drawing two different blood samples, one before the child ingests 100 grams of glucose by mouth and a second sample two hours after glucose ingestion.
A health care professional should be consulted whenever a child over the age of three repeatedly ingests non-food substances for a period over one month.
Neutrophils are a special type of white blood cell that ingests bacteria and other foreign substances.
Infant botulism occurs when a child younger than one year ingests the spores of C. botulinum.
An individual dose of fluoride cannot be controlled because it depends on the amount of fluoridated water that a child ingests each day.
When a person with celiac disease ingests gluten, his or her immune system attacks the villi within the small intestine, resulting in an inability for nutrients from food to enter the bloodstream.