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   nutrition

   /njʊˈtrɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth: "a guide to good nutrition"
   • ▪ food or nourishment: "a feeding tube gives her nutrition and water"
   • ▪ the branch of science that deals with nutrients and nutrition, particularly in humans.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from late Latin nutritio(n-), from nutrire ‘feed, nourish’.

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