NUTRIENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nutrient mean? 

• NUTRIENT (noun)
  The noun NUTRIENT has 2 senses:

1. any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue

2. any substance (such as a chemical element or inorganic compound) that can be taken in by a green plant and used in organic synthesis

  Familiarity information: NUTRIENT used as a noun is rare.

• NUTRIENT (adjective)
  The adjective NUTRIENT has 1 sense:

1. of or providing nourishment

  Familiarity information: NUTRIENT used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NUTRIENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue

Classified under:

Nouns with no superordinates

Synonyms:

food; nutrient

Hypernyms ("nutrient" is a kind of...):

substance (a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties)

Meronyms (parts of "nutrient"):

food; solid food (any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nutrient"):

vitellus; yolk (nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg))

comfort food (food that is simply prepared and gives a sense of wellbeing; typically food with a high sugar or carbohydrate content that is associated with childhood or with home cooking)

comestible; eatable; edible; pabulum; victual; victuals (any substance that can be used as food)

fare (the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed)

food product; foodstuff (a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food)

aliment; alimentation; nourishment; nutriment; nutrition; sustenance; victuals (a source of materials to nourish the body)

commissariat; provender; provisions; viands; victuals (a stock or supply of foods)

feed; provender (food for domestic livestock)

manna; manna from heaven; miraculous food ((Old Testament) food that God gave the Israelites during the Exodus)

beverage; drink; drinkable; potable (any liquid suitable for drinking)

water (a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants)

soul food (food traditionally eaten by African-Americans in the South)

micronutrient (a substance needed only in small amounts for normal body function (e.g., vitamins or minerals))

chyme (a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum)

culture medium; medium ((bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms)

Derivation:

nutrient (of or providing nourishment)

nutrify (give nourishment to)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any substance (such as a chemical element or inorganic compound) that can be taken in by a green plant and used in organic synthesis

Classified under:

Nouns with no superordinates

Hypernyms ("nutrient" is a kind of...):

substance (a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nutrient"):

water (a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants)

• NUTRIENT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or providing nourishment

Synonyms:

alimental; alimentary; nourishing; nutrient; nutritious; nutritive

Context example:

good nourishing stew

Similar:

wholesome (conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being)

Derivation:

nourish (provide with nourishment)

nourish (give nourishment to)

nutrient (any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue)

 Context examples 

The choriod is filled with blood vessels that bring oxygen and nutrients to the eye.

(Choroid, NCI Dictionary)

Learn about your children's nutrient requirements.

(Child Nutrition, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

Although insulin and glucagon play important roles in regulating the response of cells to nutrients, cells also respond to carbohydrates through transcriptional regulation by the glucose responsive transcription factor ChREBP.

(ChREBP Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

It includes checking a person’s nutrition status, and giving the right foods or nutrients to treat conditions such as those caused by diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.

(Medical nutrition therapy, NCI Dictionary)

Second, the body breaks down the food or drink into nutrients.

(Nutrition, NCI Dictionary)

mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) appears to play a central role in signaling caused by nutrients and mitogens such as growth factors to regulate translation.

(mTOR Signaling Pathway BioCarta, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Carbohydrates are one of the main types of nutrients.

(Carbohydrates, NIH)

Two series of blood vessels that supply the lungs with nutrients.

(Bronchial Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

Blood found in arteries, generally oxygenated blood which is transported with nutrients to body tissues through the arterial system.

(Arterial Blood, NCI Thesaurus)

This restores the flow of oxygen and nutrients to the heart.

(Aortocoronary bypass, NCI Dictionary)