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innutrition

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

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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Origin of innutrition

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

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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.

It appears, then, that a mixture of blood has a favorable effect on the metabolism of the organism, comparable to that of abundant nutrition, and that innutrition and in-and-in breeding are alike prejudicial.

From Sex and Society by Thomas, William I.

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)

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

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

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