| nutrition |
(physiology) the organic process of nourishing or being nourished; the processes by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance nutriment: a source of materials to nourish the body the scientific study of food and drink (especially in humans)
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| nutritional |
of or relating to or providing nutrition; "nutritional information"
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| nutritionist |
dietician: a specialist in the study of nutrition
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| nutritionist's calorie |
Calorie: a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food
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| nutritional deficiency cataract |
subcapsular opacity observed in patients with anorexia nervosa and in alcoholics.
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