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Definition of Nutrient
1. Adjective. Of or providing nourishment. "Good nourishing stew"
Similar to: Wholesome
Derivative terms: Aliment, Nourish, Nourish, Nutrition, Nutrition, Nutritiousness, Nutritiveness
2. Noun. Any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue.
Generic synonyms: Substance
Specialized synonyms: Vitellus, Yolk, Comfort Food, Comestible, Eatable, Edible, Pabulum, Victual, Victuals, Fare, Food Product, Foodstuff, Aliment, Alimentation, Nourishment, Nutriment, Nutrition, Sustenance, Victuals, Commissariat, Provender, Provisions, Viands, Victuals, Feed, Provender, Manna, Manna From Heaven, Miraculous Food, Beverage, Drink, Drinkable, Potable, Water, Soul Food, Micronutrient, Chyme, Culture Medium, Medium
Terms within: Food, Solid Food
Derivative terms: Nutrify
3. Noun. Any substance (such as a chemical element or inorganic compound) that can be taken in by a green plant and used in organic synthesis.
Definition of Nutrient
1. a. Nutritious; nourishing; promoting growth.
Definition of Nutrient
1. Noun. A source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue. ¹
2. Adjective. providing nourishment ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nutrient
1. a nourishing substance [n -S]
Medical Definition of Nutrient
1. 1. Nourishing, affording nutriment. 2. A nutritious substance, food or a component of food. Origin: L. Nutriens This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nutrient
Literary usage of Nutrient
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1842)
"Fore-Arm 1 Above the entrance of the nutrient vessels of the two bones (superior
third). Do. 7 Below the entrance of the nutrient vessels of the two bones ..."
2. Methods of Practical Hygiene by Karl Bernhard Lehmann (1893)
"Latterly some other nutrient media have been recommended, but they have not been
sufficiently used to require here a description in full. ..."
3. Clinical Diagnosis: The Bacteriological, Chemical, and Microscopical by Rudolf Jaksch von Wartenhorst (1899)
"It is prepared in the same way as nutrient gelatine fluid, only that instead of
gelatine 1.5-2 per cent, of finely divided agar-agar is added to the fluid. ..."
4. Food Composition Data: A User's Perspective by William M. Rand (1987)
"Users of nutrient analysis software vary greatly in their degree of sophistication
and hold widely varying ideas about what a nutrient data base should ..."
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