food
Any material, including water, that provides the nutritive requirements of an organism to maintain growth and physical well-being. For humans, food includes carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, and minerals.
SEE: carbohydrate; SEE: digestion; SEE: fat(2); SEE: nutrition; SEE: protein; SEE: stomach
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Food." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/754687/0/food.
Food. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/754687/0/food. Accessed April 8, 2025.
Food. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/754687/0/food
Food [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 08]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/754687/0/food.
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