food

See aliment, acce ory f. A f. employed in small quantities to supply an element or elements of nutriment wanting in the f. chiefly relied upon, azotized f ► 355 See nitrogenous f. diabetic f. A f. destitute of sugar, dynamo gen ous f. A f. which generates power, f. stuffs. A name given to the e ential constituents found in all foods. It includes water and inorganic salts, proteins, fats, and carbohydrates, inorganic f. Any inorganic substance nece ary for the composition of the functions of the body, nitrogenous f. F. containing nitrogen, such as the proteids. According to Liebig's theory, the function of nitrogenous f. is to build up the ti ue, hence it was called plastic f. non azotized f., non-nitrogenous f. Fats and carbohydrates, organic f. Any organic substance used for the nutriment of the body, peptonized f. A f. in which the proteins are digested or partially digested by pepsin, plastic f. See nitrogenous f. respiratory f. See non^nitrogenous f. [Ang.-Sax., foda.]