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Nutrient n.

Any substance which has nutritious qualities, i. e., which nourishes or promotes growth; a nutriment.

Specifically: (Microbiology) A substance added to the growth medium of a microorganism to promote growth.

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Etymology of 'Nutrient'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Nutrient" Quotes from Famous Books

... want of a proper amount of exercise, as Bechstein has remarked, has perhaps played, independently of the direct effects of the disuse of any particular organ, an important part in causing variability. We can see in a vague manner that, when the organised and nutrient fluids of the body are not used during growth, or by the wear and tear of the tissues, {258} they will be in excess; and as growth, nutrition, and reproduction are intimately allied processes, this superfluity might disturb the due and proper action of the reproductive ...

— The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) • Charles Darwin

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