nutrication

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English

Etymology

From Latin nutricatio, from nutricare, nutricari (to suckle, nourish), from nutrix (a nurse).

Noun

nutrication

  1. (obsolete) feeding or nourishment
    • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: , 2nd edition, London: A Miller, for Edw Dod and Nath Ekins, , →OCLC:
      Beside the remarkable teeth, the tongue of this animal is a second argument to overthrow this airy nutrication

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