About The Word Malnutrition
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Malnutrition
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What's The Definition Of Malnutrition?
[n] a state of poor nutrition; can result from insufficient or excessive or unbalanced diet or from inability to absorb foods
Synonyms | Synonyms for Malnutrition: Related Terms | Find terms related to Malnutrition: anemia | ariboflavinosis | beriberi | cachexia | chlorosis | deficiency anemia | dermatitis | dietary deficiency | goiter | greensickness | keratomalacia | kwashiorkor | Lombardy leprosy | maidism | night blindness | osteomalacia | osteoporosis | pellagra | pernicious anemia | protein deficiency | rachitis | rickets | scurvy | struma | vitamin deficiency | xerophthalmia See Also | avitaminosis | deficiency disease | hypovitaminosis | kwashiorkor | marasmus Malnutrition In Webster's Dictionary \Mal`nu*tri"tion\, n. [Mal- + nutrition.]
(Physiol.)
Faulty or imperfect nutrition.
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