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NUTRIMENT [3 records]

Record 1 2016-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nutritive Elements (Biological Sciences)
  • Food Industries
  • Dietetics
DEF

A substance contained in foods and used by the organism for cell function ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments nutritifs (Sciences biologiques)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Diététique
DEF

[...] composé organique ou minéral indispensable au fonctionnement d'un organisme vivant.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos nutritivos (Ciencias biológicas)
  • Industria alimentaria
  • Dietética
DEF

Sustancia que se usa fisiológicamente como tal o transformada por procesos químicos para la nutrición.

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Record 2 2016-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nutritive Elements (Biological Sciences)
  • Biochemistry
DEF

Chemicals required to support growth and reproduction, such as nitrogen, phosphorus, iron, and potassium.

CONT

Phytoplankton acquire nutrients directly from seawater.

OBS

nutrient: term usually used in the plural (nutrients).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments nutritifs (Sciences biologiques)
  • Biochimie
DEF

[...] ensemble des composés organiques ou inorganiques et des ions qui sont utilisés en premier lieu pour la nutrition des producteurs primaires (phytoplancton) [...]

OBS

nutriment; élément nutritif; substance nutritive : termes habituellement utilisés au pluriel (nutriments; éléments nutritifs; substances nutritives.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos nutritivos (Ciencias biológicas)
  • Bioquímica
CONT

Las células de las vellosidades, que tapizan el intestino delgado y, en menor número, constituyen la mucosa del colon o intestino grueso, captan los nutrientes.

OBS

nutriente; nutrimento; nutrimiento: términos utilizado generalmente en el plural (nutrientes; nutrimentos; nutrimientos).

Key term(s)
  • nutrientes
  • nutrimentos
  • nutrimientos
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Record 3 1995-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Economics
  • Agriculture - General
DEF

Element or compound essential as raw material for organism growth and development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie environnementale
  • Agriculture - Généralités

Spanish

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