What does the word nutrition mean?
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Nutrition is that function by which the nutritive matter already elaborated by the various organic actions. loses its own nature, and assumes that of the different living tissues, -to repair their losses and maintain their strength. Sometimes the word is used in a more extended signification, to express the whole series of actions by which the two constant movements of composition and decomposition are accomplished, in organized bodies. Nutrition, then, would comprehend digestion, absorption, respiration, circulation, and assimilation; the latter being nutrition, properly so called, and being effected in the intermediate system over the whole of the body, -the cells of the tissues attracting from the blood the elements necessary for their reparation.
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Nourishment; the process of nourishing or being nourished; the process by which an organism digests, absorbs, and assimilates matters brought into contact with it. Hence, Nutritional, of, pertaining to, or affecting n.; due to a defect in n.; as Nutritional disorders, Nutritional disease( see Disease).
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Usage examples for nutrition
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There is also reason for believing that the different ions may enter into temporary combination with food particles, and in this way assist in the processes of nutrition. – Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Francis M. Walters, A.M.
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Practically speaking, the mineral content of diet during pregnancy requires no thought, for so long as meat and vegetables are eaten in satisfactory quantity the mineral nutrition will take care of itself. – The Prospective Mother A Handbook for Women During Pregnancy by J. Morris Slemons
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