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ingestible

ingestible

7.0
A small object that you swallow to give medicine or check inside the body
  • noun
  • /ɪnˈdʒɛstɪbəl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : ingerible
  • INGESTIBLE SENSORS

Examples

  • The doctor prescribed an ingestible medication to help manage her symptoms.

  • It seems to me that the recurring order nature of ingestibles is more attractive than the simplicity of production nature of information products.

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  • Researchers developed an ingestible monitoring device to track patients' health conditions.

  • For the clinical trial, participants received a specially designed ingestible capsule that measures digestion.

How Swallowable

microdevice
  • Specialized
7.6
ingestible
  • Specialized
7.0
capsule
  • Specialized
26 3.7
tablet
53 2.5

Surface Forms

ingestible singular
ingestibles plural

Morphology

ingestible = ingest (transparent) = ingest + ible

The word is a regular derivation from 'ingest' plus the adjective-forming suffix '-ible', meaning 'able to be ingested'.

Etymology

Ingestible comes from Latin parts in- 'into' and gest 'carry', the same root as in digest. So an ingestible is something made to be swallowed and carried into the body, like a pill or a tiny camera.