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nutrition

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Definition
Calories   either of two units of heat energy  
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Chemosynthesis   the synthesis of organic compounds by bacteria  
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Energy   ability to work  
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Ingestion   the process of drinking and eating  
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Absorption   the process or action by which one thing absorbs  
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anorexia   a eating disorder the made you not eat  
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bulimia   a serious eating disorder market  
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Digestion   the process of breaking down food by mechanical  
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Peristalsis   the involuntary constriction and relaxation of the muscles  
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Cellulose   insoluble substance that is the main constituent of plant  
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Capillary   any of the fine branching blood vessels that form a network  
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Villi   any of numerous minute elongated projections set closely  
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Roughage   fibrous indigestible material in vegetable foodstuffs  
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Egestion   is the discharge or expulsion of undigested material (food)  
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Chyme   pulpy acidic fluid that passes from the stomach to the small intestine,  
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Constipation   condition in which there is difficulty in emptying  
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Body mass index   weight-to-height ratio, calculated by dividing ones  
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Autotroph   organism that is able to form nutritional organic  
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Emulsification   The breakdown of fat globules in the duodenum  
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Heterotroph   A heterotroph is an organism that cannot produce its own food,  
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