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Definition of Nutrition

1. Noun. (physiology) the organic process of nourishing or being nourished; the processes by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance.

2. Noun. A source of materials to nourish the body.

3. Noun. The scientific study of food and drink (especially in humans).

Definition of Nutrition

1. n. In the broadest sense, a process or series of processes by which the living organism as a whole (or its component parts or organs) is maintained in its normal condition of life and growth.

Definition of Nutrition

1. Noun. The organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nutrition

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Medical Definition of Nutrition

1. All foods, the physical and chemical process by which food is converted into body tissue. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nutrition

nutrient enema nutrient foramen nutrient medium nutrient vessel nutrients nutrify nutrigenomics nutrilites nutriment nutrimental

nutriments nutriphenomics nutritarian nutritarians nutritial nutrition (current term) nutrition policy nutrition surveys nutritional nutritional amblyopia

nutritional anaemia nutritional and metabolic diseases nutritional cirrhosis nutritional dropsy nutritional encephalomalacia of chicks nutritional energy nutritional haemosiderosis nutritional macrocytic anaemia nutritional marasmus

Literary usage of Nutrition

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Home Economics by American Home Economics Association (1921)
"Almost simultaneously with the beginnings of the work in the Bronx, Brooklyn opened a nutrition center in the Red Hook district where several agencies with ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"From this standpoint American science need not be dissatisfied with the contributions which the workers in this country have made to the study of nutrition ..."

3. The Harvey Lectures by Harvey Society of New York, New York Academy of Medicine (1920)
"AT the suggestion of the President of the Society, I propose to speak this evening of the application of food chemistry to problems of human nutrition, ..."

4. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1919)
"Emphasis has frequently been laid in the nutrition Laboratory upon the ... Thus far the nutrition Laboratory has had valuable experience in the first method ..."

5. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"Under-nutrition Due to Starvation (Hunger Metabolism, Marasmus') (a) Introduction Careful studies have been made of people who have starved themselves ..."

6. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1907)
"This simple experiment, of striking the shaft of a healthy hair and of a hair which is of faulty nutrition and comparing each under the microscope, ..."

7. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1896)
"F. ATKINSON.1 In this paper the discussion of the influence of nutrition, applies chiefly to that source of nutrition in plant organs provided with ..."

8. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings [of The] Annual Meeting by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association (1921)
"The opportune time to attain the maximum benefits of proper nutrition is in prenatal life and early infancy, and more effort should be directed toward ..."

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