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Refeed vs Reteed - What's the difference?

refeed | reteed |

As verbs the difference between refeed and reteed

is that refeed is to feed again, especially after a period of starvation or malnourishment while reteed is past tense of retee.

refeed

English

Verb

  • To feed again, especially after a period of starvation or malnourishment.
  • * {{quote-book, 1997, David M. Garner, chapter=Psychoeducational principles in treatment, Handbook of Treatment for Eating Disorders, 2nd ed., editors=Garner & Garfinkel citation
    • , passage=The group of volunteers who received a relatively small increment in calories during refeeding (400 calories more than during semistarvation) had no rise in BMR for the first 3 weeks.}}

    Derived terms

    * refeeder * refeeding syndrome

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    reteed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (retee)

    • retee

    English

    Verb

  • (ambitransitive, golf) To place the ball back on the tee in preparation for another stroke.