nutrition
(noo-trish′ŏn, nū-)
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[L. nutritio, feeding]
1. The ingestion and utilization of food by which growth, repair, and maintenance of activities in the body are accomplished. The body is able to store some nutrients (glycogen, calcium, iron) for times when food intake is insufficient. Vitamin C is an example of a nutrient that is not stored.
SEE: total parenteral nutrition
2. The professional discipline that includes both the scientific study and the practical use of nutrients in health.
nutritional (-trish′ŏn-ăl)
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Nutrition." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/750590/all/nutrition.
Nutrition. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/750590/all/nutrition. Accessed October 11, 2024.
Nutrition. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/750590/all/nutrition
Nutrition [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 October 11]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/750590/all/nutrition.
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