Holophytic vs. Nutrition

Holophyticadjective

(biology) That can obtain nutrition without the ingestion of food

Holophyticadjective

Wholly or distinctively vegetable.

Holophyticadjective

obtaining nourishment as green plants do

Nutritionnoun

(biology) The organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance.

Nutritionnoun

That which nourishes; nutriment.

Nutritionnoun

In the broadest sense, a process or series of processes by which a living organism as a whole (or its component parts or organs) is maintained in its normal condition of life and growth.

Nutritionnoun

In a more limited sense, the process by which the living tissues take up, from the blood, matters necessary either for their repair or for the performance of their healthy functions.

Nutritionnoun

That which nourishes; nutriment.

Nutritionnoun

(physiology) the organic process of nourishing or being nourished; the processes by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance

Nutritionnoun

a source of materials to nourish the body

Nutritionnoun

the scientific study of food and drink (especially in humans)

Nutrition

Nutrition is the biochemical and physiological process by which an organism uses food to support its life. It includes ingestion, absorption, assimilation, biosynthesis, catabolism and excretion.The science that studies the physiological process of nutrition is called nutritional science (also nutrition science).