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alimentation

[al-uh-men-tey-shuhn] / ˌæl ə mɛnˈteɪ ʃən /


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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

The mode of administration will be specially referred to under the head of alimentation.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Treatment should be directed toward maintaining warmth and proper alimentation.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Henry Weightman Stelwagon

In the alimentation of armies scientific principles must not be disregarded.

From Martyria or Andersonville Prison by Augustus C. Hamlin

In ten thousand years, two hundred thousand millions of human bodies have been formed by means of respiration and alimentation from the earth and atmosphere, and have returned to them again.

From The Universe a Vast Electric Organism by George Woodward Warder




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