Phenomena and Processes

Meals

A portion of the food eaten for the day, usually at regular occasions during the day.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

A portion of the food eaten for the day, usually at regular occasions during the day.

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17 entry terms
  • Meal
  • Dinner
  • Dinner Time
  • Dinnertime
  • Meal Time
  • Meal Times
  • Mealtime
  • Mealtimes
  • Supper
  • Dinner Times
  • Dinners
  • Dinnertimes
  • Suppers
  • Time, Dinner
  • Time, Meal
  • Times, Dinner
  • Times, Meal

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7 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, drug effects, ethics, ethnology, physiology, psychology, radiation effects.

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2013

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Meals. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D062407. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D062407
  2. Meals. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meal
  3. Meals. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6460735