Refeed

Origin

- + feed

Full definition of refeed

Verb

1. To feed again, especially after a period of starvation or malnourishment.
• The group of volunteers who received a relatively small increment in calories during refeeding (400 calories more than during semistarvation) had no rise in BMR for the first 3 weeks.

Derived terms

• refeeder
• refeeding syndrome

Anagrams

• feeder
• reefed