alimentation

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If a patient is unable to regain weight after a period of time doctors may resort to hyper-alimentation or artificial feeding.

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  1. noun The act or process of giving or receiving nourishment.
  2. noun Support; sustenance.

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  • The downside of ultrasimple alimentation is a mile-wide toxicity-spectrum. —  Asimov'sSF,Jan2004
  • If a patient is unable to regain weight after a period of time doctors may resort to hyper-alimentation or artificial feeding. —  LOOPRumors
  • Firewire (1394a), connecteur d'alimentation, RJ-11, RJ-45 —  CD Freaks News
  • Botswana / Ministres africains et partenaires du développement examinent le cadre de suivi de la TICAD IV Côte d'Ivoire / Les casques bleus béninois de l'ONUCI honorés par les Nations Unies Mission au Bénin du Rapporteur Spécial des Nations Unies sur le droit à l'alimentation, —  Database of Press Releases related to Africa
  • Along with the hormonal changes some other factors are made responsible for Acne: wrong alimentation, psycho-nervous disorders, metabolism disorders, bowel problems and chronic infectious hotbeds. —  Purpleocity.net
 

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  1. from French alimentation, from Middle Latin alimentatio(n-), from alimentare, past participle alimentatus, provide, aliment: see aliment, v.
 

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/ælɪmɛnˈteɪʃən/
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