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nutrition, readiness for enhanced
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A pattern of nutrient intake that is sufficient for meeting metabolic needs and can be strengthened. SEE: Nursing Diagnoses Appendix.
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The relationship between intake of nutrients and individual requirements.
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nutritional preemption
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The reduction of risk factors for disease by consuming a healthy or personally tailored diet.
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The giving of nutrients either by intravenous infusion (parenterally) or by drip feeding through a tube placed in the upper gastrointestinal tract (enterally).
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(nū-trĭsh′ŭs) [L. nutritius] Affording nourishment.
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(nū′trĭ-tĭv) 1. Pert. to the process of assimilating food. 2. Having the property of nourishing.
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(nŭks vŏm′ĭ-kă) The poisonous seed from an East Indian tree that contains several alkaloids, the principal ones being brucine and strychnine.
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(nik-tă-lō′pē-ă) [nycto- + Gr. alaos, blind + -opia] 1. Inability to see well in a faint light or at night. This condition occurs in retinitis pigmentosa and choroidoretinitis. It may also be due to vitamin A deficiency. Smoking tobacco may impair the ability to see at night. Hypoxia associated with being above sea level in an aircraft will also decrease night vision. SYN: night blindness; nyctotyphlosis. 2. An incorrect term for hemeralopia (day blindness). SEE: hemeralopia.
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(nik″tam″blē-ō′pē-ă) [nycto- + amblyopia] Reduction or dimness of vision at night without visible eye changes.
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nycto-, nyct-, nycti-
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[Gr. nyx, stem nykt-, night] Prefixes meaning night. SEE: noct-.
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nyctohemeral, nycthemerus
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(nik″tō-hem′ĕ-răl, nikt-hem′ĕ-rŭs) [nycto- + Gr. hēmera, day] Pert. to both day and night.
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New York Heart Association.
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(nī′lŏn) A synthetic polymer that can be formed into fibers, lines, sutures, sheets, and fabrics. It is used in a variety of medical applications, including nonabsorbable sutures.
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(nimf) [L. nympha fr. Gr. nymphē, young bride, marriageable young woman, maiden] The immature stage of insect development in which wings and genitalia have not fully developed.
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(nim″fŏ-mā′nē-ă) [L. nympha fr. Gr. nymphē, young bride, marriageable young woman, maiden + -mania] A colloquial term for excessive sexual desire or promiscuous sexual behavior by a female.
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(nim″fŏ-mā′nē-ak″) [L. nympha fr. Gr. nymphē, young ...