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  • 81digestibilité — (di jè sti bi li té) s. f. Qualité de ce qui est digestible. •   Il est des substances réputées d une grande digestibilité, qui sont rejetées par le vomissement et occasionnent des troubles gastriques très sérieux, LEGOARANT . ÉTYMOLOGIE… …

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  • 82nutritive ratio — the ratio between the digestible protein and the digestible fats and carbohydrates in a ration in stock feeding …

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  • 83edible — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. palatable. See food. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. eatable, digestible, comestible, consumable, fit to eat, good to eat, esculent, dietary, nutritious, good, safe, delicious, succulent, palatable,… …

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  • 84indigestible — (adj.) late 15c., from IN (Cf. in ) (1) not, opposite of + DIGESTIBLE (Cf. digestible); or else from L.L. indigestibilis. Related: Indigestibility …

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  • 85DE — agricult. abbr. Digestible Energy comp. abbr. Device End dairy abbr. Digestible Energy math. abbr. Differential Equation abbr. DatenElement (HBCI) comp. abbr. Device End acronym Delaware …

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  • 86TDN — agricult. abbr. Total Digestible Nutrient dairy abbr. Total Digestible Nutrient abbr. Telekom Designed Network …

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  • 87digestibility — noun the property of being easy to digest • Syn: ↑digestibleness • Ant: ↑indigestibility • Derivationally related forms: ↑digestible (for: ↑digestibleness), ↑ …

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  • 88nondigestible — adjective not digestible • Similar to: ↑indigestible * * * “+ adjective : not digestible * * * adj.; nondigestibleness, n.; nondigestibly, adv …

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  • 89biological value — noun : a measure of the efficiency of the protein in a foodstuff for the maintenance and growth of the bodily tissues of an individual usually computed as the percentage of protein intake actually utilized in the body but sometimes as the… …

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  • 90nutritive ratio — noun : the ratio of digestible protein to other digestible nutrients in a foodstuff or ration the nutritive ratio of shelled corn is about 1 to 10 …

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