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								the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) 2.
								a process of taking up or using up or consuming
 they developed paper napkins with a greater uptake of liquids
 
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		| Variations of 'uptake' |  
		| activity
					
		
									
		bodily function
									
		
									
		bodily process
									
		
									
		body process
									
		
									
		human process |  
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