Nutrition
Related Definitions
[n] the scientific study of food and drink (especially in humans)
[n] a source of materials to nourish the body
[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
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appetite, baking, barbecuing, basting, boiling, braising, brewing, broil, broiling, cannibalism, carnivorism, carnivority, carnivorousness, catering, chewing, consumption, cookery, cooking, cropping, cuisine, culinary science, deglutition, devouring, devo