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adjectiveof or providing nourishment
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nounany substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
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nounany substance (such as a chemical element or inorganic compound) that can be taken in by a green plant and used in organic synthesistype of:
Definition that contains nutrient
- feed provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
- culture (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar)
- medium (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms
- iv administration of nutrients through a vein
- fiber coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
- starvation a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period
- girdle cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
- placenta the vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus
- fertilize provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
- absorption the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion