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Understanding the Past: What is the first definition of nutrition?

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The word 'nutrition' originates from the Latin term *nutritio*, meaning 'a feeding,' with its first recorded use in Middle English appearing between 1375 and 1425. To truly understand **what is the first definition of nutrition**, one must explore its philosophical and etymological roots, far preceding modern scientific inquiry.