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A woman who suffers from nymphomania. A woman who has an unusually obsessive sexual urge. A colloquial term for a female perceived to behave in an excessively sexual manner.  

Quackery in regards to foods. Food quackery is identifiable by the catch phrases frequently used by the nutrition quack: health food, organic foods, natural foods, miracle foods, and others is also found in regards to various miracle diets, none of which has been found scientifically to be effective over the long run.  

A listing of nutritive content of packaged foods on the product label as required by the Food and Drug Administration.  

Symptoms indicating a lack in the body of one or more of the essential nutrients.  

A discipline or science that is concerned with patterns of food acquisition and consumption, anthropology.  

Refers to actions taken relative to foods, nutrients, and diets that are contrary to scientific evidence or are harmful to health.  

In botany, the movement of growing parts, such as stems, leaves, or flowers. Involuntary nodding of the head. Act of nodding the head, especially uncontrolled nodding.  

Environmental influence and care of the young. Care given to a child while it is developing.  

Comfort and support in the interest of personal growth. Support for a child’s basic psychological growth and development and responsiveness to the child’s needs, hopes, fears, and aspirations. For the child to develop normally, at least one person in his or her life often, but not necessarily, a parent must supply that nurturance, a process…

A facility that provides secure, protective, custodial care of the sick, elderly, or disabled. Generally, a wide range of institutions, other than hospitals, which provide various levels of maintenance and personal or nursing care to people who are unable to care for themselves and who may have health problems which range from minimal to very…