SUPPLEMENTATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does supplementation mean? 

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

1. a quantity added (e.g. to make up for a deficiency)

2. the act of supplementing

  Familiarity information: SUPPLEMENTATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPPLEMENTATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A quantity added (e.g. to make up for a deficiency)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

supplement; supplementation

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

increase; increment (the amount by which something increases)

Derivation:

supplement (add as a supplement to what seems insufficient)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of supplementing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

subjoining; subjunction; supplementation

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

expanding upon; expansion (adding information or detail)

Derivation:

supplement (add to the very end)

 Context examples 

The study provided more evidence in regards to bone health and ideal supplementation.

(Higher Dose of Vitamin D Increases Bone Density in Premature Babies, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The researchers also showed that sleep-deficient, atherosclerotic mice that received hypocretin supplementation tended to produce fewer inflammatory cells and develop smaller atherosclerotic lesions when compared to mice that did not get the supplementation.

(Study helps solve mystery of how sleep protects against heart disease, National Institutes of Health)

Currently, there are no controlled studies of autism risk with zinc supplementation in pregnant women or babies.

(Zinc Deficiency during Pregnancy Linked to Autism in Babies, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Supplementation of immunoglobulins is needed to prevent worsening outcomes.

(Hypogammaglobulinemia, NCI Thesaurus)

However, whether vitamin D supplementation may help prevent or delay type 2 diabetes was not known.

(Vitamin D does not prevent type 2 diabetes in people at high risk, National Institutes of Health)

Therefore, the authors speculated that glutamine supplementation might increase T-cell function and improve infection control.

(Glutamine suppresses herpes in mice and guinea pigs, National Institutes of Health)

Patients with optimum magnesium levels require less Vitamin D supplementation to achieve sufficient Vitamin D levels.

(Low Magnesium Levels Make Vitamin D Ineffective, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Their findings also suggest that some of these defects potentially could be corrected by supplementation with the amino acid glutamine.

(Scientists identify single-gene mutations that lead to atopic dermatitis, National Institutes of Health)

Dietary supplementation with creatine may improve muscle wasting associated with cancer and other chronic diseases.

(Creatine, NCI Thesaurus)

Women who had low levels of omega-3 fatty acids at the start of the study benefitted the most from supplementation, researchers found.

(Omega-3 Fatty Acids Reduce Asthma Risk in Children by One-Third, VOA)