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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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Origin of innutrition

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

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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 B. O. (Benjamin Orange) Flower

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 R. A. Craig, D.V.M.

And when once on the downward slope, chronic innutrition is an important factor in sapping vitality and hastening the descent.

From The People of the Abyss by Jack London

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 Charles Alfred Tyrrell

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 William I. Thomas

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