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innutrition

American  
[in-noo-trish-uhn, -nyoo-] / ˌɪn nuˈtrɪʃ ən, -nju- /

noun

  1. lack of nutrition.


innutrition British  
/ ˌɪnjuːˈtrɪʃən /

noun

  1. lack or absence of nutrition Compare malnutrition

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of innutrition

First recorded in 1790–1800; in- 3 + nutrition

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It should not be classed as a disease, but more correctly as a bad habit, or symptom of innutrition or indigestion.

From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by Craig, R. A., D. V. M.

Like other diseases of its class, it is primarily due to innutrition, the result of imperfect elimination, and has hitherto defied regular medical treatment.

From The Royal Road to Health by Tyrrell, Charles Alfred

Their timid possessor seemed to be a girl of seventeen, whose figure, although apparently clad in one of her mother's gowns, was still undeveloped and repressed by rustic hardship and innutrition.

From Susy, a story of the Plains by Harte, Bret

Distortion of the spine is another disease originating from the innutrition or softness of the bones.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

The pathological consequences of continued and prolonged pressure on any vital structure are innutrition, congestion, inflammation, and ulceration, resulting in weakness, waste of substance, and destruction of tissue.

From The Arena Volume 4, No. 22, September, 1891 by Flower, B. O. (Benjamin Orange)

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