Nutrient vs Postabsorptive - What's the difference?
nutrient | postabsorptive |
A source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.
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As adjectives the difference between nutrient and postabsorptive
is that nutrient is providing nourishment while postabsorptive is following absorption of nutrients from the alimentary canal.As a noun nutrient
is a source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.nutrient
English
(wikipedia nutrient)Noun
(en noun)- Even second-generation and keep carbon and nutrients in the ground.