malnutrition

noun
/ˌmæl.nuˈtɹɪʃ.ən/US

Etymology

From mal- + nutrition.

  1. derived from nutritio
  2. derived from nutricion
  3. borrowed from nutrition
  4. formed as malnutrition — “mal- + nutrition

Definitions

  1. A lack of adequate nourishment.

    • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for malnutrition. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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