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fasting
fast·ing
Subclass of:
Feeding behaviors; Diet
Definitions related to fasting:
  • No enteral intake of foot or liquids whatsoever, no smoking. Typically 6 to 8 hours before anesthesia.
    NCI Health Level 7 Vocabulary
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2018
  • Fasting, abstinence from food or drink or both for health, ritualistic, religious, or ethical purposes. The abstention may be complete or partial, lengthy, of short duration, or intermittent. Fasting has been promoted and practiced from antiquity worldwide by physicians, by the founders and...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2025
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