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摂食 (せっしょく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

摂せっ食しょく

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Meanings

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noun

eating; feeding; ingestion

Formal or technical term for the act of taking in food; common in biology, medicine, and nutrition.

摂せっ食しょく障しょう害がいは深しん刻こくな健けん康こう問もん題だいです。
Eating disorders are a serious health problem.
この薬くすりは摂せっ食しょく後ごに服ふく用ようしてください。
Please take this medicine after eating.

Kanji

摂vicarious, surrogate, act in addition to
食eat, food

Similar words

食しょく事じ
食事 is the common word for a meal or eating in daily life, while 摂食 is a formal, technical term for the biological act of ingestion.

Etymology

Compound of 摂 (to take in, to ingest) and 食 (to eat). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination directly conveys the meaning of 'ingesting food'.