Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The process of nourishing or being nourished, especially the process by which a living organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and for replacement of tissues.
- n. The science or study that deals with food and nourishment, especially in humans.
- n. A source of nourishment; food.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act or process by which organisms, whether vegetable or animal, absorb into their system their proper food and build it into their living tissues.
- n. That which nourishes; nutriment.
Wiktionary
- n. The organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Physiol.) In the broadest sense, a process or series of processes by which a living organism as a whole (or its component parts or organs) is maintained in its normal condition of life and growth.
- n. (Physiol.) In a more limited sense, the process by which the living tissues take up, from the blood, matters necessary either for their repair or for the performance of their healthy functions.
- n. That which nourishes; nutriment.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a source of materials to nourish the body
- n. the scientific study of food and drink (especially in humans)
- n. (physiology) the organic process of nourishing or being nourished; the processes by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance
Etymologies
- Middle English nutricion, from Old French nutrition, from Late Latin nūtrītiō, nūtrītiōn-, from Latin nūtrītus, past participle of nūtrīre, to suckle; see (s)nāu- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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