Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence.
The nurse practitioner instructed the patient to ingest three doses of medication daily.

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Ingest means to swallow.
I ingested the pills prescribed by my doctor.
Insufflate means to blow a gas or powder medication into a cavity of the body (think allergy medicine that you sniff out of a bottle).
He insufflated the nasal allergy spray through each nostril. It was gross.
Prescribe is when a medical practitioner advises and authorizes the use of a medicine to treat an injury or illness.
I ingested the pills prescribed by my doctor.
Inject means to force a liquid into a person's body using a syringe (needle).
Using a hypodermic needle, the nurse injected the infant patient with the booster shot.

Select the Meaning of the Underlined Word in the Sentence