meal (redirected from meal pattern)

meal (mel) a portion of food or foods taken at some particular and usually stated or fixed time.

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Boyden meal  a test meal for the study of gallbladder evacuation in cholecystographic studies.

test meal  a meal containing material given to aid in diagnostic examination of the stomach.

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meal ¹ (ml)

n.

1. The edible whole or coarsely ground grains of a cereal grass.

2. A granular substance produced by grinding.

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meal ² (ml)

n.

1. The food served and eaten in one sitting.

2. A customary time or occasion of eating food.

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meal

1. a portion of food or foods taken at some particular, and usually stated or fixed, time.

2. a ground feed which may be a plain cereal, e.g. barley meal, or a ground up cake which is a residue from oil extraction, e.g. linseed meal. It has an undefined particle size greater than that of flour.

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meal pattern

feeding pattern which may be imposed by humans or be a natural behavior pattern in the species.