Ingerito

Ingerito is the past participle of the Italian verb ingerire, which means to swallow or ingest. In usage, ingerito functions as both a verb form in compound tenses and as an adjective describing something that has been consumed or swallowed. For example, in a medical context one might speak of a substance that has been ingerito or of the amount ingerita by a patient.

Etymology traces ingerire to Latin, from a root related to bringing or carrying something inward. The participle ingero or ingerito in Italian reflects the typical -ito ending for past participles of -ire verbs, with gender and number agreement in concrete phrases.

In practical terms, ingerito appears frequently in medical, pharmacological, and dietary writing. It describes substances that have been taken by mouth, such as medicines or foods, and is used in phrases like la dose ingerita (the ingested dose) or la sostanza ingerita (the ingested substance). The adjective form agrees with the noun it modifies: cibo ingerito (masculine singular), sostanza ingerita (feminine singular), cibi ingeriti (masculine plural), sostanze ingerite (feminine plural).

Related terms include ingestion (ingestione) and ingested materials in clinical notes. While not a technical term of a specialized discipline, ingerito is a standard Italian lexical item used to describe an action or result related to swallowing and consumption.