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營養 — meaning in English

yíng yǎng

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English meaning

  • nutrient noun A substance that provides nourishment needed for growth and the maintenance of life.
  • nutrition noun The process by which living things take in and use food for growth and health.
  • nutritional adj Relating to nutrition or the nourishment food provides.

Senses

營養 is used for these senses in English:

  • nutrient A source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.
  • nutrition That which nourishes; nutriment.
  • nutritional Of, pertaining to, or providing nutrition.

nutrient — full definition

  1. noun A substance that provides nourishment needed for growth and the maintenance of life.
  2. adj Providing nourishment.

nutrition — full definition

  1. noun The process by which living things take in and use food for growth and health.
  2. noun Nourishment; the food a person or organism needs.
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