BALANCE EXPERIMENT
\bˈaləns ɛkspˈɛɹɪmənt], \bˈaləns ɛkspˈɛɹɪmənt], \b_ˈa_l_ə_n_s ɛ_k_s_p_ˈɛ_ɹ_ɪ_m_ə_n_t]\
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A term used in physiology to indicate those experiments in nutrition in which, by quantitative examination of the food, on the one hand, and the excretions or the heat given off, on the other, an attempt is made to draw a balance between the income to the body in matter or energy and the output of matter or energy, during the same period of time. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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