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George of Sweden

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Sweden/Swedish
Hi,

Can "ingest" in the context of food, medicine, etc, be used for other "channels" than the mouth? E.g. a tube into the stomach.
To ingest means to take in as food. Therefore, the channel does not matter. Of course the mouth is assumed to be the default channel, so if a stomach tube is used, you should clarify, "to ingest via a tube into the stomach."
Welcome to WordReference, George of Sweden.

What a curious question.
Ingest is a very clinical word. Etymologically, to ingest is to put, push, or carry something into something else. In this context that generally means putting, pushing or carrying food in some form into the stomach. It probably makes no difference whether that happens through the normal processes or some strange artificial alternative.

Alternatively, read supercyxo's post 👁 Big Grin :D
Thanks, mates (my first post)
To super: Are other things besides food ok, too?
To panjandrum: The setting is medical.
Does this feel ok (I use ingest twice)?

Eating took a long time and ingesting the medicines and the liquid that he needed became hard, too. - - - A PEG is an opening in the skin that reaches the stomach via a tube, making it easy to ingest /maybe get is better?/ one’s intake of nourishment, liquids and medicines.
Ingest applies to liquids and medicines, and I think it may be used for inappropriate things like poisons and marbles as well.

Perhaps consume would work for the second instance? Edit: thinking more about it, I think it might be better for the first.
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