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单词 nutrigenetics
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nutrigeneticsn.

Brit. /ˌnjuːtrᵻdʒᵻˈnɛtɪks/, U.S. /ˌn(j)utrədʒəˈnɛdɪks/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nutrition n., genetics n.
Etymology: < nutri- (in nutrition n.) + genetics n.
Biochemistry.
With singular agreement. The combined influence of, or interaction between, nutritional and genetic factors in the causation of disease or preservation of health; the scientific study of this.Nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics are overlapping fields and the terms are sometimes used interchangeably, especially in non-specialist literature.
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1975 R. O. Brennan & W. C. Mulligan Nutrigenetics i. 5 This system is upset not only by nutritional factors, but by genetic factors as well; I call the combined influence of these factors nutrigenetics.
2003 Pharmacogenomics Jrnl. 3 191 Much less thought has been given to the role of foods and nutrigenetics in population health, particularly to the benefits that may accrue over time for currently healthy people.
2007 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) Dec. 63/2 If misused, nutrigenetics can undermine the faith of a public primed to expect great things from the Human Genome Project.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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