malnutrition
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5.1
- noun
- /ˌmæl.nəˈtrɪʃ.ən/
- Specialized
:
desnutrición
- High fertility jeopardizes maternal and child health and contributes to malnutrition and lack of resistance to other diseases.
- risk of malnutrition
- chronic malnutrition
- malnutrition in children
So most casualties were caused by malnutrition, exhaustion and disease.
- So most casualties were caused by malnutrition, exhaustion and disease.
- And this year the focus is on child malnutrition.
- Yeah, I mean, historically, diseases of malnutrition have always been linked to under nutrition.
- So people were dying of malnutrition, which made them more susceptible to infections and other disorders.
- By March, they had begun to succumb to diseases born of malnutrition and realized that the walls that protected them were soon to be their tomb.
- Gaelic actually tells himself that all these people are being purified when really they're just dying of poisoning and overwork and malnutrition.
- Lack of freedom, lack of enjoyment for life, lack of speed, even malnutrition, lack of health.
- Mainly they were kids who were who had malnutrition or some other devastating comorbidity.
- She was also She also suffered intermittently from exhaustion and malnutrition.
- So frequent that people end up losing weight, getting dehydration or even malnutrition.
- You know, he died of malnutrition in the end and me and his sister done what we can for him.
- Why were they charged with the death of foster kids they took in who were beaten in malnutrition?
- But if you if you're your figure of merit is avoiding malnutrition when you have negative weather variants, we do a very, very bad job of it.
Examples
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They were showing signs of malnutrition.
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Children suffering from malnutrition often face long-term health issues that affect their growth and development.
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Could have been from malnutrition living like that.
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All of it made worse by malnutrition.
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Some of the effects and consequences of malnutrition are shown in Box 2.
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Older people are particularly at risk of malnutrition and its complications for a variety of reasons.
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A screening tool should help establish reliable pathways of care for patients with malnutrition or at risk of malnutrition.
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Mainly they were kids who were who had malnutrition or some other devastating comorbidity.
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So people were dying of malnutrition, which made them more susceptible to infections and other disorders.
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About 10,000 African children die each day of malnutrition and the non-availability of rudimentary health care.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
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4.8
Not having enough food and nutrients to be healthy and grow
Antonyms
How Nourished
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- Specialized
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- Specialized
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6.0
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4.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Malnutrition comes from the prefix mal- meaning 'bad' and nutrition meaning 'nourishment' or 'feeding'. So malnutrition literally means 'bad nourishment', which is why it describes not getting the right food or nutrients and the health problems that follow.