Definition of Nutriment

1. Noun. A source of materials to nourish the body.


Definition of Nutriment

1. n. That which nourishes; anything which promotes growth and repairs the natural waste of animal or vegetable life; food; aliment.

Definition of Nutriment

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Medical Definition of Nutriment

1. 1. That which nourishes; anything which promotes growth and repairs the natural waste of animal or vegetable life; food; aliment. "The stomach returns what it has received, in strength and nutriment diffused into all parts of the body." (South) 2. That which promotes development or growth. "Is not virtue in mankind The nutriment that feeds the mind ?" (Swift) Origin: L. Nutrimentum, fr. Nutrire to nourish. See Nourish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nutriment

nutrient agar
nutrient arteries of humerus
nutrient artery
nutrient artery
nutrient artery of femur
nutrient artery of fibula
nutrient artery of the tibia
nutrient canal
nutrient enema
nutrient foramen
nutrient medium
nutrient vessel
nutrify
nutrilites
nutriment (current term)
nutriment (current term)
nutriments
nutrition
nutrition
nutritional
nutritionally
nutritional amblyopia
nutritional anaemia
nutritional and metabolic diseases
nutritional cirrhosis
nutritional dropsy
nutritional encephalomalacia of chicks
nutritional energy
nutritional haemosiderosis
nutritional macrocytic anaemia

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