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Nutritional Support

Medical Definition: The administration of nutrients for assimilation and utilization by a patient by means other than normal eating. It does not include FLUID THERAPY which normalizes body fluids to restore WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE.
Guide Notes: GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics
Also Called: Artificial Feeding
Previously Indexed: Enteral Nutrition (1969-1994),Parenteral Nutrition (1966-1994)

Nutritional Support Medical Definitions and Terms

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