nutrient : Idioms & Phrases
excito-nutrient
Ex*ci`to-nu"tri*ent adjective
Definitions
(Physiol.) Exciting nutrition; said of the reflex influence by which the nutritional processes are either excited or modified.
Webster 1913
nutrient agar
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noun any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent
agar.
WordNet
nutrient artery
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noun an artery that supplies the medullary cavity of the long bone
arteria nutricia.