different between nutrition vs eutrophic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French nutrition, from Old French nutricion, from Latin nutritio.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: nyo?o-tr??-sh?n, IPA^(key): /nju??t??.??n/
• (US) enPR: no?o-tr??-sh?n, IPA^(key): /nu?t??.??n/
• Rhymes: -???n

Noun

nutrition (usually uncountable, plural nutritions)

1. (biology) The organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance.
2. That which nourishes; nutriment.

Derived terms

• nutritional
• nutritionalist
• nutritionally
• nutritionism
• nutritionist

Related terms

• nutrient
• nutritious
• nutriture

Translations

See also

• nutrition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin n?tr?ti?, n?tr?ti?nem, from Latin n?tri?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ny.t?i.sj??/

Noun

nutrition f (plural nutritions)

1. nutrition

Related terms

• nourrir

Further reading

• “nutrition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Noun

nutrition (uncountable)

1. nutrition

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?? (eû) +? ???????? (trophikós), literally “well-nourished”; equivalent to eu- +? trophic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ju??t??f?k/, /ju??t???f?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ju??t??f?k/, /ju??t?o?f?k/

Adjective

eutrophic (comparative more eutrophic, superlative most eutrophic)

1. (biology, of a body of water) Being rich in nutrients and minerals and therefore having an excessive growth of algae and thus a diminished oxygen content to the detriment of other organisms.
2. (medicine) Promoting nutrition.

Antonyms

• oligotrophic

Derived terms

• eutrophication
• eutrophically
• eutrophicate
• hypereutrophic
• mesoeutrophic

Translations

Noun

eutrophic (plural eutrophics)

1. (medicine) A eutrophic medicine.

Translations