1. past tense and past participle of ingest; took food, drink, or other substances into the body by swallowing or absorbing
Usage: formal or technical

Examples

• The patient had ingested a toxic substance and needed immediate treatment.
• She ingested the medication with a full glass of water.
• The child accidentally ingested some cleaning solution.
• Scientists studied how the nutrients were ingested by the cells.
• He ingested large amounts of caffeine before the exam.
• The poison was ingested through contaminated food.
• Marine animals have ingested plastic debris from the ocean.