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Malnutrition   /mˌælnutrˈɪʃən/   Listen
Malnutrition

noun
1.
A state of poor nutrition; can result from insufficient or excessive or unbalanced diet or from inability to absorb foods.





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"Malnutrition" Quotes from Famous Books



... tuberculous process we are not, as you are aware, able to define; till there are cavities, there is nothing definite. But we may suspect it. And there are indications; malnutrition, nervous excitability, and so on. The question stands thus: in presence of indications of tuberculous process, what is to be done ...
— Anna Karenina • Leo Tolstoy


Words linked to "Malnutrition" :   marasmus, hypovitaminosis, kwashiorkor, avitaminosis, deficiency disease


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