vitamins/minerals/proteins-based synthetic meal replacement

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-017519",
  "term": "vitamins/minerals/proteins-based synthetic meal replacement",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A synthetic meal replacement containing essential vitamins, minerals and proteins. Upon oral intake, vitamins/minerals/proteins-based synthetic meal replacement may provide overall nutrition and maintain metabolic and immune health while restricting nutritional support to cancer cells. By restricting cancer cells’ access to non-essential amino acids, which are required for cancer cell growth, cancer cells may die.",
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/vitamins-minerals-proteins-based-synthetic-meal-replacement/"
}