PT values of the 30 apparently healthy individuals tested in each laboratory with the different PT systems were expressed as PT ratios with the use of either the MNPT, the grand mean (arithmetic) PT of the 5 separate FNPPs, or the grand mean (arithmetic) PT of plasma R82A as the denominator term.
â¢ INGESTION (noun). The noun INGESTION has 1 sense: 1. the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating). Familiarity information: INGESTION used as a noun is very rare. INGESTION (noun). The noun INGESTION has 1 sense: 1. the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating). Familiarity information: INGESTION used as a noun is very rare.
ingestion (taking food into the mouth) secretion (the act of expelling a liquid. The cells lining the GI tract secrete about 9 liters (9.5 quarts) of water, acid, buffers, and enzymes each day to lubricate the canal and aid in the process of digestion) propulsion (consists of alternating contraction and relaxation of smooth muscle in the walls of the GI tract to squeeze food downwards)