nutri-, nutrit-

Inadequate nutrition.

A portmanteau of "nutrition" and "pharmaceutical" and refers to foods claimed to have a medicinal effect on human health.

Such foods are also called "functional foods". Nutraceutical can also refer to individual chemicals present in common foods.

They are sold on the market as foods for general consumption; or as "health foods" to be used as "supplements" to nutritional diet.

Many such nutraceuticals are phytonutrients. The name was coined by Dr. Stephen Defelice in 1989.

The act or manner of feeding.

Plants growing in nutrient solutions with or without an inert medium; such as, gravel or sand to provide mechanical support; hydroponics.

1. In biological energetics, food; or any substance which provides the specific materials necessary for the growth, maintenance, and reproduction of living organisms.
2. A nutritious substance, food, or a component of food.
3. A substance that provides nourishment; such as, the minerals that a plant takes from the soil or the constituents in food that keep a human body healthy and help it to grow.

To give nourishment to the body.

1. A source of materials to nourish the body.
2. Any substance or matter that, taken into a living organism, serves to sustain it in its existence, promoting growth, replacing loss, and providing energy.
3. Anything that nourishes; nourishment; food.

A reference to anything which is nutritious.

1. The process of nourishing or being nourished; especially, the process by which a living organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and for replacement of tissues.
2. The science, or study, that deals with food and nourishment; especially, nutrition in humans.
3. A source of nourishment; food.

1. Relating to, affecting, or providing nutrition.
2. A reference to substances that a person takes into the body as food and the way they influence one's health.

Regarding nutrition or the process of nourishing or of being nourished.

A measure of the amount of energy and nutrients that become available to the body from a given food product after ingestion.

Someone who studies, or who is an expert, in the field of nutrition.

In a hospital or nursing home, it is a person who plans and/or formulates special meals for patients.

It can also simply be a euphemism for a cook who works in a medical facility, but who does not have extensive training in special nutritional needs.

In clinical practices, a specialist in nutrition.

Nutritionists can help patients with special needs devise healthy diets to control allergies, health problems, a desire for increased energy, or weight change.

Some nutritionists in private practices are well-trained, hold a degree, and are licensed; however, depending on state law, a person using the title may not be trained or licensed at all.

1. Referring to anything containing many of the substances needed for life and growth.
2. Description of that which provides nourishment.

1. The quality of being nourishing and promoting healthy growth.
2. Of or pertaining to nutrition; such as, having the quality of nourishing; as, nutritiousness in certain foods.