nutrition

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) enPR: nyo͞o-trĭʹ-shən, IPA(key): /njuːˈtɹɪ.ʃən/
  • (US) enPR: no͞o-trĭʹ-shən, IPA(key): /nuˈtɹɪ.ʃən/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Noun

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nutrition (usually uncountable, plural nutritions)

  1. (biology) The organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance.
    • 1822, John Barclay, chapter I, in An Inquiry Into the Opinions, Ancient and Modern, Concerning Life and Organization[1], Edinburgh, London: Bell & Bradfute; Waugh & Innes; G. & W. B. Whittaker, section I, page 2:
      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; […]
  2. That which nourishes; nutriment.
    I accidentally ate a worm which was in my apple - my uncle said the extra nutrition would do me good.

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin nūtrītiōnem, from Latin nūtriōnem.

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nutrition f (plural nutritions)

  1. nutrition
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nutrition (uncountable)

  1. nutrition