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refeed, v.|riːˈfiːd|
Also re-feed.
[re- 5 a.]
trans. To feed again, esp. after a period of starvation.
1884Manch. Exam. 19 Dec. 5/3 In refeeding a fire in a large grate. 1943Nutrition Abstr. & Rev. XII. 637/2 [The birds] were then refed on maize until the original weight was regained. 1971Jrnl. Nutrition CI. 1564/2 Rats were starved 48 hours and were refed the high carbohydrate diet for 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7 days.
So reˈfed ppl. a., reˈfeeding vbl. n.
1932Biol. Abstr. VI. 410/2 (heading) Re-feeding after starvation. 1950Arch. Biochem. XXVII. 177 The percentage of nitrogen in the extracts obtained from the livers of the rats refed with a high-carbohydrate diet was significantly lower than the percentage of nitrogen in the extracts obtained from the pellet-refed and the fat-refed rats. 1964Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. & Med. CXV. 441/1 The data for refed rats reflect a marked increase in liver lipid upon refeeding. 1967M. Kenyon Whole Hog viii. 94, I put them [sc. laboratory animals] on controlled feeding after a period of starvation and their reactions to the re-feeding..would be similar to human reactions. |