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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



... guinea pig the oestrous cycle can be delayed by starvation, while in weaker animals a period may be suppressed completely. When one considers that even with the greatest care the nutrition of tube-fed patients is bound to be poor, it would be only natural to suppose that this malnutrition would cause such a disturbance in the oestrous cycle and was evidenced objectively by a failure to menstruate. Even in patients who are not tube-fed, under-nutrition is to be expected and, as a matter of fact, is usually observed. The ...
— Benign Stupors - A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type • August Hoch
... relished sitting awake and staring at the sepulchral visitor. Where last night's weariness had sealed his eyes to the ever-present sense of danger, morning brought counsel of caution and alertness. The leanness of the huge intruder was of the kind that suggested endurance rather than malnutrition, a person who for all his pacific and rather gloomy exterior, could be counted ...
— The Secret Witness • George Gibbs
... whispered to Sandy. "Prizes for malnutrition? He must have won all the blackjacks ...
— Lighter Than You Think • Nelson Bond


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


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