Organism Function
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eat [ eet ]
Subclass of:
Digestive System Physiological Phenomena; Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Definitions related to eating:
  • (eat) To take food into the body by mouth.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The act of taking in food through the mouth; includes the behavior of consuming food.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The consumption of edible substances.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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