nutrition
See also: Nutrition
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French nutrition, from Old French nutricion, from Latin nutritio.
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪʃən
Noun
nutrition (usually uncountable, plural nutritions)
- (biology) The organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance.
- That which nourishes; nutriment.
Related terms
Translations
nutrition
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See also
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin nūtrītiō, nūtrītiōnem, from Latin nūtriō.
Pronunciation
Noun
nutrition f (plural nutritions)
Related terms
Further reading
- “nutrition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Interlingua
Noun
nutrition (uncountable)
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