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SUBSTANCE NUTRITIVE [1 record]

Record 1 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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