Definition of NUTRITION. Meaning of NUTRITION. Synonyms of NUTRITION

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Definition of NUTRITION

Nutrition
Nutrition Nu*tri"tion, n. [Cf. F. nutrition. See Nutritious.] 1. (Physiol.) 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. Note: In this wide sense it comprehends digestion, absorption, circulation, assimilation, etc., in fact all of the steps by which the nutritive matter of the food is fitted for incorporation with the different tissues, and the changes which it undergoes after its assimilation, prior to its excretion. See Metabolism. 2. (Physiol.) In a more limited sense, the process by which the living tissues take up, from the blood, matters necessary either for their repair or for the performance of their healthy functions. 3. That which nourishes; nutriment. Fixed like a plant, on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot. --Pope.

Meaning of NUTRITION from wikipedia

- Nutrition is the biochemical and physiological process by which an organism uses food and water to support its life. The intake of these substances provides...
- Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) growth charts, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), WHO reference 1995, Obesity Task Force (IOTF)...
- Clinical nutrition centers on the prevention, diagnosis, and management of nutritional changes in patients linked to chronic diseases and conditions primarily...
- Nutritional science (also nutrition science, sometimes short nutrition, dated trophology) is the science that studies the physiological process of nutrition...
- Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Saprotrophic nutrition /sæprəˈtrɒfɪk, -proʊ-/ or lysotrophic nutrition is a process of chemoheterotrophic extracellular...
- In the United States, the Supplemental Nutrition ****istance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the Food Stamp Program, is a federal government program...
- of water. Thus, 1 large calorie is equal to 1,000 small calories. In nutrition and food science, the term calorie and the symbol cal may refer to the...
- Vegan nutrition refers to the nutritional and human health aspects of vegan diets. A well-planned vegan diet is suitable to meet all recommendations for...
- In nutrition, diet is the sum of food consumed by a person or other organism. The word diet often implies the use of specific intake of nutrition for health...
- Parenteral nutrition (PN), or intravenous feeding, is the feeding of nutritional products to a person intravenously, byp****ing the usual process of eating...