n. [ Cf. F. nutrition. See Nutritious. ]
☞ In this wide sense it comprehends digestion, absorption, circulation, assimilation, etc., in fact all of the steps by which the nutritive matter of the food is fitted for incorporation with the different tissues, and the changes which it undergoes after its assimilation, prior to its excretion. See Metabolism. [ 1913 Webster ]
Fixed like a plant, on his peculiar spot,
To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to nutrition;
n. a specialist in the study of nutrition.