Nutrition

  • 11Nutrition — Aliments sources de magnésium. La nutrition (du latin nutrire : nourrir) désigne les processus par lesquels un être vivant transforme des aliments pour assurer son fonctionnement. La nutrition est également une science pluridisciplinaire,… …

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  • 12nutrition — nutritional, nutritionary, adj. nutritionally, adv. /nooh trish euhn, nyooh /, n. 1. the act or process of nourishing or of being nourished. 2. the science or study of, or a course of study in, nutrition, esp. of humans. 3. the process by which… …

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  • 13nutrition — (nu tri sion ; en vers, de quatre syllabes) s. f. Propriété élémentaire des corps organisés, caractérisée par le double mouvement continu de combinaison et de décombinaison que présentent, sans se détruire, les végétaux et les animaux. •   Il [l… …

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  • 14nutrition — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ adequate, balanced, good, proper ▪ inadequate, poor ▪ Many children at the school were found to be suffering from inadequate nutrition …

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  • 15nutrition — 01. Good [nutrition] is essential for good health. 02. Adequate [nutrition] is essential to the proper physical development of children. 03. Doing lots of exercise won t keep you healthy if you don t eat [nutritious] food as well. 04. The… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 16nutrition — nu|tri|tion [nju:ˈtrıʃən US nu: ] n [U] [Date: 1500 1600; : Old French; Origin: Late Latin nutritio, from Latin nutrire; NUTRIENT] 1.) the process of giving or getting the right type of food for good health and growth →↑malnutrition ▪ Nutrition… …

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  • 17nutrition — [[t]njuːtrɪ̱ʃ(ə)n, AM nu͟ː [/t]] N UNCOUNT Nutrition is the process of taking food into the body and absorbing the nutrients in those foods. There are alternative sources of nutrition to animal meat... As in all experimental sciences, we still do …

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  • 18nutrition — nu|tri|tion [ nu trıʃn ] noun uncount * 1. ) food considered as something that keeps you healthy: adequate/poor nutrition a guide to good nutrition 2. ) the science of food and its effect on health and growth ╾ nu|tri|tion|al [ nu trıʃənl ]… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 19nutrition — The taking in and use of food and other nourishing material by the body. Nutrition is a 3 part process. First, food or drink is consumed. Second, the body breaks down the food or drink into nutrients. Third, the nutrients travel through the… …

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  • 20nutrition — n. 1 a the process of providing or receiving nourishing substances. b food, nourishment. 2 the study of nutrients and nutrition. Derivatives: nutritional adj. Etymology: F nutrition or LL nutritio (as NUTRIENT) …

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