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nitrogen balance

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noun

Biochemistry, Physiology.

  1. the difference between the amount of nitrogen taken in and the amount excreted or lost: used to evaluate nutritional balance.

Etymology

Origin of nitrogen balance

First recorded in 1940–45

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