malnutrition

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1 English
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Noun
  - 1.2.1 Translations

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Malnutrition

A 1922 photograph by Fridtjof Nansen of two boys suffering from malnutrition

[edit] Etymology

mal- + nutrition

[edit] Noun

malnutrition (usually uncountable; plural malnutritions)

a lack of adequate nourishment

[edit] Translations

lack of adequate nourishment

Chinese:

Mandarin: 營養不良 (cmn), 营养不良 (cmn) (yíngyǎng bùliáng)
Czech: podvýživa (cs) f.
Danish: fejlernæring (da) c., underernæring (da) c.

Finnish: aliravitsemus (fi)
Italian: denutrizione (it) f.
Portuguese: desnutrição (pt) f.
Spanish: desnutrición (es) f.

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