Nutrication

1 definition found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nutrication \Nu`tri*ca"tion\, n. [L. nutricatio, fr. nutricare,
     nutricari, to suckle, nourish, fr. nutrix a nurse.]
     The act or manner of feeding. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
     [1913 Webster]