NU´CHA, _n._ Nape; upper part of cervix, next to occiput. (49.)

NU´CHAL, _a._ Pertaining to the nape.

NU´CLEATED, _a._ Containing a special cell or cells.

NUCLEO´LUS, _n._ Cell or point within a nucleus.

NU´CLEUS, _n._ Special cell within another.

NU´TRIENT, _a._ Nourishing; nutritious.

NUTRI´TION, _n._ Repair of waste that ensues by decomposition in animal

life, and promotion of growth, with supply of new assimilable material.

Alimentation is the act of supply; aliment or nutriment the supply;

nutrition the result of its assimilation.

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