immunonutrition
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
feeding with a selection of pharmaconutrients etc. in order to improve the immune response
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "A randomized multicenter clinical trial showed that enteral immunonutrition with L-arginine, n-3 PUFAs and micronutrients, increased mortality compared to parenteral nutrition [16 ]."
Etymology
From immuno- + nutrition.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: immuno