Status: current, Not sufficiently defined by necessary conditions definition status (core metadata concept). Date: 31-Jan 2002. Module: SNOMED CT core
Descriptions:
| Outbound Relationships | Type | Target | Active | Characteristic | Refinability | Group | Values |
| Ingestion | Is a | Mechanisms | false | Inferred relationship | Some | ||
| Ingestion | Is a | Digestive system function | true | Inferred relationship | Some | ||
| Ingestion | Is a | Physiological action (observable entity) | true | Inferred relationship | Some |
| Inbound Relationships | Type | Active | Source | Characteristic | Refinability | Group |
| Drinking | Is a | True | Ingestion | Inferred relationship | Some | |
| Eating | Is a | False | Ingestion | Inferred relationship | Some | |
| Aerophagy | Interprets | True | Ingestion | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 |
| Geophagia | Interprets | True | Ingestion | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 |
| Ingestion of foreign material | Interprets | True | Ingestion | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 |
| Feeding (observable entity) | Is a | True | Ingestion | Inferred relationship | Some | |
| Ingestion of toxic substance (disorder) | Interprets | True | Ingestion | Inferred relationship | Some | 3 |
| Functional aerophagy in childhood | Interprets | True | Ingestion | Inferred relationship | Some | 2 |
This concept is not in any reference sets