nutrition

nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//njuːˈtɹɪʃ.ən//
Canada//nuˈtɹɪʃ.ən//
Canada//njuˈtɹɪʃ.ən//
Australia//njʉːˈtɹɪʃ.ən//

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

noun

1
The organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance.
In the dead state all is apparently without motion. No agent within indicates design, intelligence, or foresight: there is no respiration; no digestion, circulation, or nutrition; […]
Proper nutrition – and even more important, proper hydration – is crucial in preventing and recovering from both fevers and colds.
2
The academic discipline around the scientific study of this process.
3
That which nourishes; nutriment.
I accidentally ate a worm which was in my apple - my uncle said the extra nutrition would do me good.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French nutrition, from Old French nutricion, from Latin nutritio.

Forms

plural: nutritions

nut · Any of various hard-shelled seeds or hard, dry fruits from…Nut · The goddess who serves as the personification of the sky.nutcase · An eccentric or odd person.

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

nuts · The testicles.nutter · A person who gathers nuts.Nutter · A surname originating as an occupation.

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