nutrition

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun (physiology) the organic process of nourishing or being nourished; the processes by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance
noun a source of materials to nourish the body
noun the scientific study of food and drink (especially in humans)

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

OF THE NUTRITION, AND PROCREATION OF A COMMON-WEALTH 25. — Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes
The nutrition of the plains furnishes the nourishment of men. — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
I have made up the loss of blood by nutrition. — The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas

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