broma-, bromat-, brom-, bro- +

Fasting; abstinence from eating.

The total lack of food consumption; fasting (no food, not eating): The prison inmates organized a fasting campaign to emphasize the poor prison conditions and so they were participating in total ambrosias.

1. Not eating, fasting.
2. Not fit to be eaten.

1. In medicine, a food ailment.
2. A form of cocoa from which the oil has been thoroughly extracted.

Diet therapy.

Someone who is a specialist in the science of foods.

1. A discourse about food.
2. The science of food.
3. The science of nutrition; dietetics.

A poison that forms in spoiled food from the activity of fermentative bacteria.

A treatise or dissertation about food and its contributions to the health of consumers.

Cocoa or chocolate which was translated literally to mean food of the gods: "Linnæus, a botanist, was so fond of chocolate that he named the cocoa tree Theobroma, the food of the gods."

A white powder derived from the cacao bean, found in chocolate products and which has effects similar to caffeine: "Theobromine has been used as a diuretic in treating cardiovascular disorders and as a myocardial stimulant."

"Dogs consuming excessive amounts of cocoa sometimes suffer toxic effects from the theobromine; such as, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle spasms, and coma."

"Theobromine comes from modern Latin Theobroma, genus name of the cacao tree, literally 'food of the gods'."