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.
Poisoning (Definition) Toxic ingestion (also called poisoning) is a condition in which a person has eaten or drank a substance that causes ill symptoms or damage to his body. Taking an overdose of a medicine, taking any dose of a poison, drinking too much vodka, or accidentally drinking antifreeze . . . are all examples of toxic ingestions.