| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
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| act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal |
ablactation
,
weaning
|
| mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults; can be precipitated by obesity or severe stress or menopause or other factors; can usually be controlled by diet and hypoglycemic agents without injections of insulin |
adult-onset diabetes
,
adult-onset diabetes mellitus
,
ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes
,
ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes mellitus
,
ketosis-resistant diabetes
,
ketosis-resistant diabetes mellitus
,
mature-onset diabetes
,
maturity-onset diabetes
,
maturity-onset
|
| diet designed to avoid the foods that you are allergic to |
allergy diet
|
| bitter tasting amino acid found in proteins and necessary for nutrition; its absence from the diet leads to a reduced production of spermatozoa |
arginine
|
| course of practice and exercise and diet undertaken by an athlete |
athletic training
|
| severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease |
autoimmune diabetes
,
growth-onset diabetes
,
IDDM
,
insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
,
juvenile-onset diabetes
,
juvenile diabetes
,
ketoacidosis-prone diabetes
,
ketosis-prone diabetes
,
type I diabetes
|
| diet that contains adequate amounts of all the necessary nutrients required for healthy growth and activity |
balanced diet
|
| diet of foods that are not irritating |
bland diet
,
ulcer diet
|
| use of plants or plant extracts for medicinal purposes (especially plants that are not part of the normal diet) |
botanical medicine
,
herbal therapy
,
phytotherapy
|
| diet of foods high in starch that increases carbohydrate reserves in muscles |
carbohydrate loading
,
carbo loading
|
| diet of fluids with minimal residues (fat-free broth or strained fruit juices or gelatin); cannot be used for more than one day postoperative |
clear liquid diet
|
| diet designed to help control the symptoms of diabetes |
diabetic diet
|
| amino acid that is required by animals but that they cannot synthesize; must be supplied in the diet |
essential amino acid
|
| reducing diet that enjoys temporary popularity |
fad diet
|
| diet prescribed to treat celiac disease; eliminates such foods as wheat and rye and oats and beans and cabbage and turnips and cucumbers that are rich in gluten |
gluten-free diet
|
| abnormally enlarged thyroid gland; can result from underproduction or overproduction of hormone or from a deficiency of iodine in the diet |
goiter
,
goitre
,
struma
,
thyromegaly
|
| diet high in plant and animal proteins; used to treat malnutrition or to increase muscle mass |
high-protein diet
|
| diet designed to patients with vitamin deficiencies |
high-vitamin diet
,
vitamin-deficiency diet
|
| abnormally low blood sugar usually resulting from excessive insulin or a poor diet |
hypoglycaemia
,
hypoglycemia
|
| abnormally low level of protein in the blood; can indicate inadequate diet or intestinal or renal disorders |
hypoproteinemia
|
