nutrition   (Sound)

The noun nutrition has 3 senses

• nutrition -- ((physiology) the organic process of nourishing or being nourished; the processes by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance)


• nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals -- (a source of materials to nourish the body)


• nutrition -- (the scientific study of food and drink (especially in humans))