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ingestionProcess of taking food into the mouth. The method of food capture varies but may involve biting, sucking, or filtering. Many single-celled organisms have a region of their cell wall that acts as a mouth. In these cases surrounding tiny hairs (cilia) sweep food particles together, ready for ingestion. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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An infant's digestive juices are non-acidic, and ingestion of honey creates an ideal medium for botulinum spores to grow and produce deadly toxins. In the recent collaboration with the Koto Hospital in Tokyo, the company has confirmed that a long-time ingestion (at least 6 months) of tomato juice helps alleviate the subjective symptoms of BA while improving the peak expiratory flow rate, an index of BA. We used inhalation, dermal, and ingestion toxicity end points for each respective exposure route and duration. |
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