| nutritional support | The administration of nutrients for assimilation and utilization by a patient by means other than normal eating. It does not include fluid therapy which normalises body fluids to restore water-electrolyte balance. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| nutritional type cerebellar atrophy | A restricted type of cerebellar cortical degeneration, affecting particularly the Purkinje cells of the anterior and superior vermis; probably caused by thiamin deficiency; most frequently seen in chronic alcoholics and then called alcoholic cerebellar degeneration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nutritionist | A specialist in nutrition. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nutritive | Of or pertaining to nutrition; as, the nutritive functions; having the quality of nourishing; nutritious; nutrimental; alimental; as, nutritive food or berries. Nutritive plasma. <biology> Any one of the zooids of a compound hydroid, or coral, which has a mouth and digestive cavity. Nu"tritively, Nu"tritiveness. Origin: Cf. F. Nutritif. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| nutritive ratio | The ratio or proportion of digestible protein to digestible non-nitrogenous nutrients in a ration for livestock. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nutritive value | An indication of the contribution of a food to the nutrient content of the diet. This value depends on the quantity of a food which is digested and absorbed and the amounts of the essential nutrients (protein, fat, carbohydrate, minerals, vitamins) which it contains. This value can be affected by soil and growing conditions, handling and storage, and processing. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nutriture | State or condition of the nutrition of the body; state of the body with regard to nourishment. Origin: L. Nutritura, a nursing, fr. Nutrio, to nourish (05 Mar 2000) |
| nuts | Dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell. (12 Dec 1998) |
| nutshell | 1. The shell or hard external covering in which the kernel of a nut is inclosed. 2. Hence, a thing of little compass, or of little value. 3. <zoology> A shell of the genus Nucula. To be, or lie, in a nutshell, to be within a small compass; to admit of very brief or simple determination or statement. "The remedy lay in a nutshell." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Nuttall | G. H. F., U.S. Biologist, 1862-1937. See: Nuttallia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Nuttallia | Former name for Babesia. (05 Mar 2000) |
Synonyms : Nut
| nutrition |
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 bloodstream to different parts of the body where they are used as "fuel" and for many other purposes. To give the body proper nutrition, a person has to eat and drink enough of the foods that contain key nutrients.
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| nutrient |
A chemical compound (such as protein, fat, carbohydrate, vitamins, or minerals) that make up foods. These compounds are used by the body to function and grow.
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| nutrient medium |
(pl: nutrient media) A solid, semi-solid or liquid combination of: major and minor salts; an energy source (sucrose); vitamins; plant growth regulators; and occasionally other defined or undefined supplements. Often made from stock solutions, then sterilized by autoclaving or filtering through a micropore filter.
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| nutraceutical |
A nutrient that confers beneficial effects.
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A very broad term describing certain components in food (plant or animal) or nutritional supplements, which contain substances normally present in the body that aid in the proper functioning of body systems.
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| Nut | herb of the Mediterranean region having pungent seeds used like those of caraway |
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| Nut | hickory of southern United States and Mexico having hard nutmeg-shaped nuts |
| Nut | the fruit of a variety of muskmelon vine |
| Nut | a muskmelon vine with fruit that has a thin reticulated rind and sweet green flesh |
| Nut | a New England state |
| Nut | East Indian tree widely cultivated in the tropics for its aromatic seed |
| Nut | California evergreen having a fruit resembling a nutmeg but with a strong turpentine flavor |
| Nut | geranium with round fragrant leaves and small white flowers |
| Nut | aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver |
| Nut | any substance that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue |
| Nut | providing nourishment |
| Nut | any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent |