HyperDic: undernourishment

English > 1 sense of the word *undernourishment*:
NOUN	state	undernourishment, malnourishment	not having enough food to develop or function normally

English > *undernourishment*: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaning	not having enough food to develop or function normally.
Synonym	malnourishment
Broader	hunger, hungriness	A physiological need for food
Spanish	desnutrición, infraalimentación, subalimentación
Verbs	undernourish	provide with insufficient quality or quantity of nourishment