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renourishment

renourishment

6.7
Giving food and nutrients to help a person or animal recover strength
  • noun
  • /ˌriːˈnʌrɪʃmənt/
translation icon : rehidratación
  • The patient required careful renourishment after suffering from severe malnutrition.

Examples

  • Proper renourishment is essential for children recovering from illness or neglect.

  • Veterinarians focused on renourishment to help the rescued animals recover their strength.

  • The patient requires renourishment after weeks of illness.

  • Proper renourishment is essential for recovery.

  • The patient required careful renourishment after suffering from severe malnutrition.

  • Veterinarians focused on renourishment to help the rescued animals recover their strength.

  • Proper renourishment is essential for children recovering from illness or neglect.

Synonyms

nourishment
vsrenourishment
38 2.0

Food and drink needed for growth and health

is about restoring health after deficiency rather than general everyday feeding
refeed
vsrenourishment
  • Jargon
1 7.9

A planned time when you eat more food after dieting

focuses on restoring nutritional health rather than simply resupplying food
refeeding
vsrenourishment
  • Specialized
7.1

Careful, slow return to eating after a long time without food to help a person recover

aims to restore nutritional health rather than only reintroduce food

Antonyms

83 4.7

A very strong hunger that happens when someone has no food for a long time

Not having enough food and nutrients to be healthy and grow

How Nourished

recovery
264 3.0
renourishment
6.7
refeeding
  • Specialized
7.1
feeding
149 1.0

Surface Forms

renourishment singular

Morphology

renourishment = nourishment (transparent) = re + nourish + ment

The prefix 're-' attaches productively to 'nourishment' to mean nourishment again or restoration of nourishment.

Etymology

Renourishment comes from re- meaning 'again' and nourish meaning 'to feed or give strength'. So, for a person or animal, renourishment is giving food or nutrients again to help them get healthy and strong, the same root you see in nutrition.