n
any hazard that results from the accidental, deliberate or potential release of a noxious substance into the environment
n
The condition of being colethal
n
(physiology) The opposition of nutrition; the failure of nutrition, causing the breakdown of tissue.
adj
(medicine, dated) Able or tending to discuss, or disperse, tumors or coagulated matter.
adj
(obsolete, chemistry) Characteristic of empyreuma
n
A state of normal nourishment and growth; eutrophy.
n
(medicine) healthy nutrition
adj
Supplied with an excessive amount of nutrients
n
Excessive polypharmacy (typically the prescription of more than about ten different medications)
n
A nutrition disorder associated with nourishment that is inadequate.
n
A disruption in the production or transfer of infochemicals (pheromones)
adj
Relating to malnutrition.
adj
(medicine) Pertaining to, suffering from or marked by marasmus.
n
(medicine) A condition of chronic undernourishment especially in children, caused by a diet deficient in calories or the inability to digest protein and presenting as a severe loss of body weight.
n
(medicine, dated) A condition of disordered eating, such as overeating or pica.
n
The practice of gradually ingesting successively greater amounts of a poison in order to build immunity.
n
malnutrition supposed to be caused by feeding children a high-fiber diet that would be healthy for adults
n
An alternative-medicine philosophy advocating a vegetarian raw-food diet with periods of intermittent fasting.
n
The practice of eating the "correct" things
n
A form of malnutrition in which nutrients are oversupplied relative to the amounts required for normal growth, development, and metabolism
adj
Relating to overnutrition
n
The nourishment of children
n
(historical) One of the four humors making up the body in ancient and mediaeval medicine; said to be cold and moist, and often identified with mucus.
adj
Of or relating to pseudonutrition.
n
A set of metabolic disturbances that occur as a result of reinstitution of nutrition to patients who are starved or severely malnourished.
n
(US, law) A pathogen or biological toxin which has been declared to have the potential to pose a severe threat to public health and safety.
adj
Having a dosage too low to cause an infection
n
A mild form of malnutrition
n
(informal) A strain of bacteria that is resistant to many antibiotics.
adj
Relating to a superinfection
adj
Relating to, or causing a superinfection
n
Any nutrient supposed to confer remarkable health benefits.
n
The ingestion of large amounts of nutrients; Hyperalimentation.
n
A virus that is particularly powerful or resistant to treatment.
n
(medicine) Infection acquired as a consequence of disruption of the normal microbiome, secondary to antibiotic use.
n
A form of malnutrition among those who live on a few simple foods rather than preparing proper meals.
n
Inadequate nutrition, either due to a lack of food, or to the inability of the body to absorb its nutrients
adj
Relating to undernutrition
n
(medicine) Beating the skin with nettles (formerly used to treat paralysis).
adj
(medicine) Exhibiting or relating to version.
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