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That which is eaten to supply necessary nutritive elements. [A.S. foda]
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Feed or Ordinary Diet [trial]
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food 'füd n, often attrib
1) material consisting essentially of protein, carbohydrate, and fat used in the body of an organism to sustain growth, repair, and vital processes and to furnish energy also such material together with supplementary substances (as minerals, vitamins, and condiments)
2) nutriment in solid form
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(f
d) anything which, when taken into the body, serves to nourish or build up the tissues or to supply body heat; aliment; nutriment.
Medical dictionary. 2011.