nutrient : Idioms & Phrases

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excito-nutrient

Ex*ci`to-nu"tri*ent adjective
Definitions
  1. (Physiol.) Exciting nutrition; said of the reflex influence by which the nutritional processes are either excited or modified.
Webster 1913

nutrient agar

  • noun any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent
    agar.
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nutrient artery

  • noun an artery that supplies the medullary cavity of the long bone
    arteria nutricia.
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