nutrition

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The food a living thing needs to grow and stay healthy.

   Good nutrition is important for young children.

2. 2
   noun

   The study of food and how it affects the body.

   She earned a degree in nutrition.

3. 3
   noun

   The process by which a living thing takes in and uses food.

   Plants get their nutrition through their roots.

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

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