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trophodynamics (medicine) and wisdom (iou)


trophodynamics (medicine)


trophodynamics


The dynamics of Nutrition or metabolism.

Synonym: nutritional energy.

Origin: tropho-+ G. Dynamis, power


wisdom (iou)



wisdom noun. Also wisedom.
[Old English wisdom = Old Frisian, Old Saxon wisdom, Old High German wistuom (German Weistum legal sentence, precedent), Old Norse visdomr: see WISE adjective, -DOM.]
The quality of being wise, esp. in relation to conduct and the choice of means and ends; the combination of experience and knowledge with the ability to apply them judiciously; sound judgement, prudence, practical sense. OE.
P. Ustinov Wisdom is far slower to mature than scientific knowledge.
b. This quality personified (usu. as feminine) or regarded as expressing the essence or Nature of God. OE.
Coleridge Wisdom forbids her children..to act and feel further than they know.
c. A wise thing to do; a wise act, policy, or proceeding. sing. & (occas.) in pl. arch. LME.
Shakespeare 3 Henry VI Till then 'tis wisdom to conceal our meaning.
d. With possess. pronoun: (a respectful or mock complimentary title given to) a person of wisdom or high status, esp. a member of a deliberative assembly. Usu. in pl. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
Knowledge, esp. of an abstruse kind; enlightenment, learning, erudition. Now chiefly Hist. OE.
b. In pl. Kinds of learning, branches of knowledge. rare. OE-M19.
Wise discourse or teaching; spec. (Ecclesiastical) (a) the apocryphal book of The Wisdom of Solomon; (b) rare the apocryphal book of Ecclesiasticus. Also (collect. sing. & in pl.), wise sayings, precepts, etc. Formerly also, a wise statement or maxim. ME.
Sanity, reason. (Cf. WISE adjective 4.) rare (Shakes.). Only in E17.
Comb. & phrases: in her wisdom, in his wisdom, in its wisdom, etc., (now chiefly iron.) in the belief that it would be the best thing to do; Wisdom literature (a) the biblical books of Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom of Solomon, and Ecclesiasticus collectively; (b) similar works (esp. from the ancient Near East) containing proverbial sayings, practical maxims, etc.; wisdom tooth each of the hindmost molar teeth in the upper and lower jaws in man, which usu. erupt about the age of twenty; cut one's wisdom teeth, achieve wisdom or discretion.
wisdomness noun (rare) (a) sound reasoning; (b) affected or spurious wisdom: L16-M17.