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.
In single-celled organisms, ingestion can take place through taking the substance through the cell membrane. Besides nutritional items, other substances which may be ingested include medications, recreational drugs, and substances considered inedible such as foreign bodies or excrement.Ingestion is a common route taken by pathogenic organisms and poisons entering the body.esides nutritional items, other substances which may be ingested include medications, recreational drugs, and substances considered inedible such as foreign bodies or excrement. Ingestion is a common route taken by pathogenic organisms and poisons entering the body.