the scientific study of food and drink (especially in humans)
(physiology) the organic process of nourishing or being nourished; the processes by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance
little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type; "archaic forms of life"; "primitive mammals"; "the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe"
a political organization within the Democratic Party in New York City (late 1800's and early 1900's) seeking political control by corruption and bossism