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malnutrition

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

Etymology

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From mal- +‎ nutrition.

Noun

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malnutrition (usually uncountable, plural malnutritions)

  1. A lack of adequate nourishment.
    Hyponyms: undernutrition, overnutrition
    • 2013, Robert H. Rubin, Lowell S. Young, Clinical Approach to Infection in the Compromised Host[1], →ISBN, page 275:
      It is predictable that some of these infections occur in individuals immunocompromised by malnutrition or underlying disease (notably cancer or AIDS) or by immunosuppressive therapy.

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French

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Etymology

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From mal- +‎ nutrition.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mal.ny.tʁi.sjɔ̃/
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Noun

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malnutrition f (plural malnutritions)

  1. malnutrition

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