English

Verb

refeed ‎(third-person singular simple present refeeds, present participle refeeding, simple past and past participle refed)

1. To feed again, especially after a period of starvation or malnourishment.
   • 1997, David M. Garner, “Psychoeducational principles in treatment”, in Garner & Garfinkel, editors, Handbook of Treatment for Eating Disorders, 2nd ed., ISBN 1572301864, page 156:

     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