malnutrition
[mal-noo-trish-uh n, -nyoo-]
Origin of malnutrition
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Contemporary Examples
“One-third of South Asians and more than half of all Sub-Saharan Africans suffer from malnutrition or undernutrition,” he writes.
Figueroa told The Daily Beast that her husband indeed was stabbed and he is also anemic from malnutrition.
While food is distributed to families, children living on the UN base in Bentiu continue to struggle with malnutrition.
A nation that not 20 years ago was struggling with malnutrition, Brazil is now waging an all-too-familiar battle of the bulge.
Meet the Chef Fighting to Ensure That Brazilians Will Never Be as Fat as AmericansBrandon Presser
June 25, 2014
Starvation and diseases arising from malnutrition were daily worries.
Historical Examples
Malnutrition or anemia are also conditions which greatly disturb sleep.
The Mother and Her ChildWilliam S. Sadler
Country children have adenoids, bad teeth, and malnutrition.
Civics and HealthWilliam H. Allen
Malnutrition of the trees may result also in the production of oily beans.
All About CoffeeWilliam H. Ukers
This is claimed by Knowles, however, to be due to malnutrition.
Barium, A Cause of the Loco-Weed DiseaseAlbert Cornelius Crawford
In a month they were already thinning down from malnutrition and strain.
Comet's BurialRaymond Zinke Gallun
malnutrition
- lack of adequate nutrition resulting from insufficient food, unbalanced diet, or defective assimilation
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Word Origin and History for malnutrition
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malnutrition
(măl′nōō-trĭsh′ən)- Poor nutrition because of an insufficient or poorly balanced diet or faulty digestion or utilization of foods.
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The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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malnutrition
[măl′nōō-trĭsh′ən]
- Poor nutrition caused by an insufficient, oversufficient, or poorly balanced diet or by a medical condition, such as chronic diarrhea, resulting in inadequate digestion or utilization of foods.
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The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
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malnutrition
Inadequate nutrition caused by the lack of a balanced diet or by disorders of the digestive system in which the nutrients from food cannot be absorbed properly.
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The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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