consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake

the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

• eating, feeding — the act of consuming food
• swallow, drink, deglutition — the act of swallowing
• sucking, suck, suction — the act of sucking
• drinking, imbibing, imbibition — the act of consuming liquids

• bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity — an organic process that takes place in the body