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Definition of: nutrient
(n′trē·ənt, ny′-) adjective
1. Giving nourishment.
2. Conveying nutrition.
—noun
1. Something that nourishes.
2. A drug or other substance which acts upon the nutritive processes of an organism. [<L nutriens, -entis, ppr. of nutrire nourish]
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