Immunonutrition

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    feeding with a selection of pharmaconutrients etc. in order to improve the immune response uncountable

    "A randomized multicenter clinical trial showed that enteral immunonutrition with L-arginine, n-3 PUFAs and micronutrients, increased mortality compared to parenteral nutrition [16 ]."

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"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.

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immune response

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