innutrition

American  

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

noun

1. lack of nutrition.

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innutrition British  

/ ˌɪnjuːˈtrɪʃən /

noun

1. lack or absence of nutrition Compare malnutrition

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Other Word Forms

• innutritious adjective

Etymology

Origin of innutrition

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

Example Sentences

But the most frequent cause of paraplegia is from a protuberance of one of the spinal vertebr�; which is owing to the innutrition or softness of bones, described in Class I. 2.

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)

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

Their one sacred obligation to the immortal germ-plasm of which they are the trustees is to see that they hand it on with its maximal possibilities undimmed by innutrition, poisons or vice.

From Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics by Guyer, Michael F.

Lack of exercise, or confinement, innutrition, and a depraved sense of taste may favor the development of this disease.

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