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.
5.Drink, imbibe, sip refer to swallowing liquids. Drink is the general word: to drink coffee. Imbibe is formal in reference to actual drinking; it is used more often in the sense to absorb: to imbibe culture. Sip implies drinking little by little: to sip a cup of broth.