1 Allow an elderly person to eat snacks that are high in nutrition between major meals; such as fruit, almonds, raisins, cottage cheese, or peanut butter, instead of potato chips, sweets, and other types of junk food.
Medical Definition of HYALINIZATION. : the process of becoming hyaline or of undergoing hyaline degeneration; also: the resulting state. the process of becoming hyaline or of undergoing hyaline degeneration; also: the resulting state.
Medical Definition of SAPONIFICATION. 1. : the hydrolysis of a fat by an alkali with the formation of a soap and glycerol. 2. : the hydrolysis especially by an alkali of an ester into the corresponding alcohol and acid; broadly: hydrolysis.