Nutritional (redirected from nutritional assessment)

nu·tri·tion  (n-trshn, ny-)

n.

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 in humans.

3. A source of nourishment; food.

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[Middle English nutricion, from Old French nutrition, from Late Latin ntrti, ntrtin-, from Latin ntrtus, past participle of ntrre, to suckle; see (s)nu- in Indo-European roots.]

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nu·trition·al adj.

nu·trition·al·ly adv.

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Adj.

1.

nutritional - of or relating to or providing nutrition; "nutritional information" nutritionary