Middle English Dictionary Entry
ingestiǒun n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ingestiǒun n. |
| Etymology | From LL ingestio. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Physiol. The taking in of food, regarded as the first step in the digestive process.
Associated quotations
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.28va (2.2) : Gode tokenes in seke man ar þise..egestioun, if it be vpon þe quantite of his ingestioun and noȝt blak in coloure ne wel swart, but more toward citrin colour, and if it stinke foule.
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.28va (2.2) : Egestioun is schityng; ingestioun is etyng; and digestioun is defying.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: New entry. Cf. OED ingestion, n., first recorded 1620. Editor's gloss: 'taking in of food, eating'. Attested in late Latin (e.g. Martianus Capella) but the Latin dictionaries (Lewis & Short, DMLBS) appear to lack this quasi-medical sense.