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A Canada goose drinking

A lion drinking

Drinking is the act of consuming a liquid through the mouth. Water, for example, is required for many of life's physiological processes, and excess or decreased water intake is associated with health problems. Drinkin' the liquer enhances brain power, however. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... For the outerwear manufacturer, see Canada Goose (clothing). ... Image File history File links Lion_drinking. ... Image File history File links Lion_drinking. ... For other uses, see Lion (disambiguation). ... Impact from a water drop causes an upward rebound jet surrounded by circular capillary waves. ...

Physiology

A daily intake of 3-6 liters of water is required for the normal physiological functioning of the human body, depending on ambient weather conditions and diet (especially salt and sugar intake). The absolute minimum over the long term is about 1.6 liters (600 ml for urine, 200 ml for fecal losses, and 800 ml for losses via the skin and lungs). This includes water contained in food (i.e., it is not essential to drink 1-2 liters of water a day for survival, though it is often recommended for good health).

The sensation caused by dehydration of the body is called "thirst". The sensation of thirst is a dry feeling in the back of the throat and an intense desire to drink fluids. Thirst is regulated by the hypothalamus in response to subtle changes in the body's electrolyte levels, and also as a result of changes in the volume of blood circulating. The hypothalamus links the nervous system to the endocrine system via the pituitary gland (hypophysis). ... An electrolyte is any substance containing free ions that behaves as an electrically conductive medium. ...

Role in disease

Polydipsia is the medical term for consumption of large quantities of water and may be a sign of various diseases (Diabetes Mellitus, Diabetes insipidus, and some psychiatric conditions). Polydipsia is a medical condition in which the patient ingests abnormally large amounts of fluids by mouth. ... For the disease characterized by excretion of large amounts of very dilute urine, see diabetes insipidus. ... Diabetes insipidus (DI) is a disease characterized by excretion of large amounts of severely diluted urine, which cannot be reduced when fluid intake is reduced. ...

Much of the world's disease is caused by the lack of clean drinking water. Lack of water in diet will eventually cause death by hypernatremia and dehydration, particularly when sweating consumes much of the body water. Tap water Mineral Water Drinking water is water that is intended to be ingested through drinking by humans. ... Hypernatremia is an electrolyte disturbance consisting of an elevated sodium level in the blood (compare to hyponatremia, meaning a low sodium level). ... Dehydration (hypohydration) is the removal of water (hydro in ancient Greek) from an object. ... Perspiration (also called sweating or sometimes transpiration) is the production and evaporation of a fluid, consisting primarily of water as well as a smaller amount of sodium chloride (the main constituent of table salt), that is excreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals. ...

It is also possible to overhydrate, which sometimes happens with athletes who consume too much water, thereby diluting the concentration of salts in the body. Water intoxication (also known as hyperhydration or water poisoning) is a potentially fatal disturbance in brain function that results when the normal balance of electrolytes in the body is pushed outside of safe limits, ironically by that which makes up the majority of it - common water. ...

Vessels

A glass containing water

Drinking vessels may include glasses, cups, bottles, canteens, and bowls. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1573x2302, 581 KB) Summary A glass of water, demonstrating the eternal conundrum of whether the glass is half full or half empty. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1573x2302, 581 KB) Summary A glass of water, demonstrating the eternal conundrum of whether the glass is half full or half empty. ... This article is about the material. ... Glass stemware Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Drinkware Drinkware or Beverageware is a general term for the class of vessels from which people drink. ... Composite body, painted, and glazed bottle. ... A salad in a bowl sits next to a small pie in a pie dish Chawan, drinking bowls used in a Japanese tea ceremony Bowls used as construction tools in contemporary India. ...

An infant being fed by bottle

Fewer skills are required for drinking from a baby bottle or a cup that has a lid with a nozzle. Therefore, these are useful for small children and people with some disabilities. If neither eating nor drinking are possible, some alternatives are enteral nutrition and parenteral nutrition. This was taken from openphoto. ... This was taken from openphoto. ... “Baby” redirects here. ... An infant being fed by bottle A baby bottle is a bottle with a teat to drink directly from. ... Disabilities are limitations in activity and/or functioning that are attributable to permanent medical conditions in physical, mental, emotional, and/or sensory domains and, significantly, are also due to societal responses to those limitations. ... // For eat or EAT as an abbreviation or acronym, see EAT. In general terms, eating (formally, ingestion) is the process of consuming nutrition, i. ... In pharmacology and toxicology, a route of administration is the path by which a drug, fluid, poison or other substance is brought into contact with the body. ... The Nutrition Facts table indicates the amounts of nutrients which experts recommend you limit or consume in adequate amounts. ... Total parenteral nutrition (TPN), also called hyperalimentation, is the practice of feeding a person without using the gut. ...

Alcohol

The young Rip Van Winkle has another drink.

"Drinking" is also used as a synonym for the consumption of alcoholic beverages. Additionally, having "thirst" or being "thirsty" can metonymically express a desire for alcohol. For the operetta of the same name, see Rip Van Winkle (operetta). ... Synonyms (in ancient Greek, συν (syn) = plus and όνομα (onoma) = name) are different words with similar or identical meanings. ... Alcoholic beverages An alcoholic beverage is a drink containing ethanol, commonly known as alcohol, although in chemistry the definition of alcohol includes many other compounds. ... In rhetoric, metonymy is the substitution of one word for another word with which it is associated. ...

See also

• Drink
  • Alcoholic beverage
• Swallowing