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発音

• (英国発音) enPR: nyo͞o-trĭshʹ-ən, IPA: /njuːˈtɹɪʃ.ən/
• (米国発音, Canada) enPR: no͞o-trĭshʹ-ən, nyo͞o-trĭshʹ-ən, IPA: /nuˈtɹɪʃ.ən/, /njuˈtɹɪʃ.ən/
• (General Australian) enPR: nyo͞o-trĭshʹ-ən, IPA: /njʉːˈtɹɪʃ.ən/
• 韻: -ɪʃən

名詞

nutrition (usually uncountable, plural nutritions)

1. (biology) The organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance.
   • 1822, John Barclay, chapter I, in An Inquiry Into the Opinions, Ancient and Modern, Concerning Life and Organization‎, Edinburgh; London: Bell & Bradfute; Waugh & Innes; G. & W. B. Whittaker, section I, page 2:

     In the dead state all is apparently without motion. No agent within indicates design, intelligence, or foresight: there is no respiration; no digestion, circulation, or nutrition; […]

   • 2016 September 16, Hailey Middlebrook, “Should you really feed a cold and starve a fever?”, in CNN‎:

     Proper nutrition – and even more important, proper hydration – is crucial in preventing and recovering from both fevers and colds.

2. That which nourishes; nutriment.

   I accidentally ate a worm which was in my apple - my uncle said the extra nutrition would do me good.

派生語

関連する語

• nutrient
• nutritious
• nutriture

Further reading

• nutrition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia