alimentation

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Life was only a matter of intake and alimentation and reproduction.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

For this reason many new trees spring up in groups, obtaining their first alimentation from the dissolution of the corpse.

From My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) by Sanpietro, I. Stone

Rectal Feeding.—When the prostration is great, it is sometimes necessary to give saline enemas and even rectal alimentation to prevent collapse.

From Dietetics for Nurses by Proudfit, Fairfax T.

Piauhy and Ceará soon produced an enormous surplus of cattle whose export into other provinces brought about a revolution in the alimentation of the coast Brazilians.

From The South American Republics Part I of II by Dawson, Thomas C.

Very nutritive and very digestible food should be chosen for a singer, and a mixed alimentation should be employed.

From The Voice Its Production, Care and Preservation by Miller, Frank E.