Younger women need more calories than older women, and more active women can eat more than those who are sedentary. However, other factors such as pregnancy, breast-feeding and whether a woman needs to gain, lose or maintain weight also play a role.
agitation. n. 1. a state of excitement, disturbance, or worry. 2. the act of moving something vigorously; the shaking or stirring of something. 3. the act of attempting to stir up public opinion for or against something.
Medical Definition of empirical. 1  1archaic a: following or used in the practice of the empiricsâcompare rational 2b: being or befitting a quack or charlatan. 2  2: originating in or based on observation or experiment much medical lore had had an empirical originâ¦centuries of trial-and-error gropings after remediesâR. H. Shryock.