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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



... of the associated tissues. The impairment of function which their abnormal position causes has been found to be the primary cause of disturbances of the general bodily health; for example, enlarged tonsils, chronic pharyngitis and nasal catarrh, indigestion and malnutrition. By the use of springs, screws, vulcanized caoutchouc bands, elastic ligatures, &c., as the case may require, practically all forms of dental irregularity may be corrected, even such protrusions and ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 - "Demijohn" to "Destructor" • Various


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


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