| NOUN | state | malnutrition | a state of poor nutrition |
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| Sounds | mae.lnuwtrih'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A state of poor nutrition; can result from insufficient or excessive or unbalanced diet or from inability to absorb foods. | |
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| Narrower | avitaminosis, hypovitaminosis | Any of several diseases caused by deficiency / deficiency of one or more vitamins |
| kwashiorkor | severe malnutrition in children resulting from a diet excessively high in carbohydrates and low in protein | |
| marasmus | extreme / extreme malnutrition and emaciation (especially in children) | |
| Broader | deficiency disease | Any disease caused by a lack of an essential nutrient (as a vitamin or mineral) |
| Spanish | desnutrición, malnutrición | |
| Catalan | desnutrició, malnutrició | |
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