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nutrition
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)
- (biology) The organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance.
- 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)
- 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)
- nutrition
nutrition From the web:
- what nutrition does corn have
- what nutritional value is in corn
- what nutrition do mushrooms have
- what nutrition do i need daily
- what nutrition does broccoli have
- what nutrition do grapes have
- what nutrition does potatoes have
- what nutrition do dogs need
polyunsaturated
English
Etymology
From poly- +? unsaturated.
Adjective
polyunsaturated (not comparable)
- (chemistry) Of or relating to long chain organic compounds that have multiple double bonds; polyunsaturated fatty acids are essential to human nutrition.
- (nutrition, of a fat or oil) Having a chemical structure that does not easily change into cholesterol (a substance containing a lot of fat though to be an important cause of heart disease).
- Synonym: unhealthy
Translations
See also
- monounsaturated
- saturated fat
References
- polyunsaturated at OneLook Dictionary Search
polyunsaturated From the web:
- what polyunsaturated fat
- what polyunsaturated fats do
- what polyunsaturated fat means
- what polyunsaturated fatty acids
- what's polyunsaturated mean
- what is polyunsaturated fat and monounsaturated fat
- what does polyunsaturated mean
- what is polyunsaturated margarine
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