nutrition
The organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance.
Noun 3 meanings
The organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance.
The academic discipline around the scientific study of this process.
That which nourishes; nutriment.
“I accidentally ate a worm which was in my apple - my uncle said the extra nutrition would do me good.”
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French nutrition, from Old French nutricion, from Latin nutritio.
NUTRITION at a glance
NUTRITION has 9 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (N 1 + U 1 + T 1 + R 1 + I 1 + T 1 + I 1 + O 1 + N 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,978 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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