alimentation

Example Sentences

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Life was only a matter of intake and alimentation and reproduction.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

For this reason many new trees spring up in groups, obtaining their first alimentation from the dissolution of the corpse.

From My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) by Sanpietro, I. Stone

Rectal Feeding.—When the prostration is great, it is sometimes necessary to give saline enemas and even rectal alimentation to prevent collapse.

From Dietetics for Nurses by Proudfit, Fairfax T.

The refusal, or wilful neglect, of one spouse to furnish alimentation, or support, to the other, in accordance with law.

From Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World by Ringrose, Hyacinthe

Like the respiration, the alimentation ought to be watched by the singer.

From The Voice Its Production, Care and Preservation by Miller, Frank E.