nutrition.
The organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance.
Meaning & usage
The organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance.
The academic discipline around the scientific study of this process.
That which nourishes; nutriment.
I accidentally ate a worm which was in my apple - my uncle said the extra nutrition would do me good.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle French nutrition, from Old French nutricion, from Latin nutritio.
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