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nu⋅tri⋅ent

  [noo-tree-uhnt, nyoo-]
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–adjective
1. nourishing; providing nourishment or nutriment.
2. containing or conveying nutriment, as solutions or vessels of the body.
–noun
3. a nutrient substance.
Origin:
1640–50; < L nūtrient- (s. of nūtriēns), prp. of nūtrīre to feed, nourish; see -ent
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nu·tri·ent   (nōō'trē-ənt, nyōō'-)   
n.  A source of nourishment, especially a nourishing ingredient in a food.
adj.  Providing nourishment.

[Latin nūtriēns, nūtrient-, present participle of nūtrīre, to suckle; see (s)nāu- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

nutrient 
1650 (adj.), "providing nourishment," from L. nutrientem (nom. nutriens), prp. of nutrire "nourish." The noun meaning "a nutritious substance" is first attested 1828, from the adj.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2nutrient
Function: noun
: a nutritive substance or ingredient
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nutrient nu·tri·ent (n&oomacr;'trē-ənt, ny&oomacr;'-)
n.
A source of nourishment, especially an ingredient in a food.

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