(n.) The act of nourishing, or the state of being nourished; nutrition.
(n.) That which serves to nourish; nutriment; food.
Example Sentences:
(1) Whereas the abdominal pain subsided rapidly under oxygen therapy and liquid nourishment, the radiological changes receded gradually.
(2) On admission she was found to be a well-nourished infant with a head circumference of 56 cm, bulging anterior fontanelle and mental retardation.
(3) Forty-one rats were allocated to one of 3 groups: group I (n = 13) were normally nourished rats which underwent partial hepatectomy, group II (n = 16) were semistarved rats which underwent partial hepatectomy, and group III (n = 12) were normally nourished rats which underwent sham operations.
(4) The rate of Cryptosporidium detection was similar among malnourished and well-nourished patients, as determined by weight-for-height percentiles.
(5) Its buildings, arranged around a sociable courtyard and a slice of towpath, also nourish a community of businesses that sustain between 250 and 300 jobs, all of which could go if the site’s new owner, Galliard Homes, has its way.
(6) The findings suggested that the fetuses of the poorly nourished mothers (mean gain weight during pregnancy was only 6 kg.
(7) Hydrogen breath tests were performed in Gabon (Central Africa) after a loading dose of lactose in 67 well-nourished African children (50 with intestinal parasites and 17 unparasitized) and in 18 unparasitized young adults.
(8) Both malnourished cancer and non-cancer patients had lower values than well-nourished (p less than 0.05).
(9) During period B, 8 well-nourished patients and 10 malnourished cancer patients were used as control groups.
(10) The measurements of feeding efficiency provides the basis for early identification of children who cannot be adequately nourished without ancillary feeding by nasogastric tube or by enterostomy.
(11) This study was designed to compare morphometric relationships between myelin lamellae and axons in undernourished and well nourished developing rats, and in rats nutritionally rehabilitated for two weeks.
(12) Adrenaline at 0.005 microgram kg-1 min-1 increased plasma FFA levels by 19% (P less than 0.05) in weight-losing patients while no significant alteration was observed in well-nourished patients.
(13) The well-nourished old had outcomes that did not differ from younger patients.
(14) The present study assessed development of malnourished and adequately nourished children in hospital and found that mean DQS of each group rose to a similar extent during recovery from illness.
(15) Plasma suppressive activity (PSA) was low in normal subjects and well nourished patients with benign disease and was associated entirely with alpha-2-macroglobulin (a2M).
(16) The concentration of mononuclear inflammatory cells and plasma cells was about half that seen in well-nourished children with severe nongastrointestinal infections.
(17) These infants may be at greater risk for nosocomial infection than normally nourished hosts.
(18) Developing rats were either malnourished or adequately nourished during the prenatal period by feeding their dams diets of 6% (low) or 25% (adequate) casein content 5 weeks prior to mating and throughout pregnancy.
(19) Microvillus surface area per cell appears dependent on the number of microvilli per cell, which equals the cell flat surface times the microvillus numerical density (number of microvilli per square micrometer) in well-nourished rats.
(20) It is concluded that most of these findings can be attributed to differences in the quantity and nature of the nitrogen supplied in the basal diets and that the sheep nourished by infusion would be a suitable model for the study of factors involved in the control of urea recycling.
Nutritiously
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Helping to change people’s behaviour and increasing the proportion of locally grown, nutritious and less calorific foods in the diets of islanders would certainly appear to be a step in the right direction.
(2) These results suggest that the restricted H10 medium with FBS is suitable to maintain the transparency of the incubated lenses rather than the nutritious DME medium with or without FBS.
(3) The coelescence of these concepts into one continuum gives a broad viewpoint which is helpful to understand the biologic implications of any toxic, nutritious or stimulating material under a variety of conditions.
(4) The task of providing infants adequate amounts of nutritious milk, in spite of mothers' ability to produce breast milk, has never been easy.
(5) Environmental approaches to dietary behavior change can reach large segments of the population through increased availability of nutritious foods, provision of quality nutrition services in workplace and health care settings, and accessible information about healthful food choices.
(6) Rats selected a less nutritious diet containing RS + sodium saccharin (appealing taste) over a diet containing HS + sucrose octaacetate (aversive taste) for an initial 6 to 7 days, suggesting that post-ingestional factors did not markedly affect the acceptability during that period.
(7) Nutritious snack choices were first established using correspondence training procedures in a multiple baseline across three children.
(8) Yet, milk is highly nutritious and methods are being explored to use milk while limiting the lactose content.
(9) During pregnancy and the postpartum period, various dietary restrictions were imposed on the mothers, which deprived them of some nutritious ingredients such as fish or meat.
(10) Anorectic restrictor patients showed the most rigid attitude structure, expressing preferences only for the lowest calorie and the most nutritious foods.
(11) Soy protein is a widely used, inexpensive, and nutritious source of dietary protein.
(12) Instead, to get the nutritious blood meal, the spiders feed on the female mosquitoes that carry blood sucked from humans.
(13) School meals are a valuable opportunity to provide children with a nutritious meal and to teach children about healthy eating.
(14) By this diffusion distances for nutritial fluids are kept very short.
(15) Universal Infant Free School meals will ensure that 1.5 million pupils are receiving a free nutritious meal every school day, helping them do better in school, eat healthily and saving families up to £400 a year.
(16) If I'm out, I can guarantee she will not have left me anything nutritious and tasty in the oven.
(17) The major problems involved in producing safe, wholesome and nutritious shellfish are primarily those of sanitation and adequate preservation of the foods until they finally reach the consumer.
(18) Have a look at these "five commandments" from Parenting Matters , a report by Centre Forum, the "liberal thinktank" (their description): 1) Read to your child for 15 minutes; 2) Play with your child on the floor for 10 minutes; 3) Talk with your child for 20 minutes with the television off; 4) Adopt positive attitudes towards your child and praise them frequently; 5) Give your child a nutritious diet to aid development.
(19) The results indicate that further screening studies could lead to the discovery of soybeans which yield flour that is safe and nutritious, with minimal need for heating.
(20) The Federal Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children provides nutritious foods and dietary counselling to low income women and children with a medically certified nutritional risk.