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UK
/mˌælnjuːtɹˈɪʃən/
]
[ US /ˌmæɫnuˈtɹɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ˌmæɫnuˈtɹɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- a state of poor nutrition; can result from insufficient or excessive or unbalanced diet or from inability to absorb foods
How To Use malnutrition In A Sentence
- Forty per cent of the population is suffering from malnutrition.
- He had dark circles under his eyes caused by insomnia and malnutrition. No Way Home: A Cuban Dancer's Tale
- This book is an unremitting account of misery, privation, and pointlessness in a world of dun landscapes, tormenting insects, malnutrition, and cultural stagnancy.
- These tools should be fully exploited by the nutrition and public health communities to combat micronutrient malnutrition.
- Besides, a medley of reasons such as malnutrition, lack of hygiene and awareness-all caused by illiteracy-contributes to the cases.
- Repeated infections can lead to increased malnutrition which in turn increases susceptibility to further infection; this may be referred to as the diarrhoea-malnutrition cycle. Chapter 3
- The report called for better monitoring of malnutrition and fluid intake and closer control of pain. The Sun
- The animals included seven yearlings which an RSPCA vet said were emaciated and suffering from malnutrition.
- Studies performed in undernourished patients without respiratory disease have suggested that malnutrition may impair skeletal muscle contractility.
- Pre-existing malnutrition has been shown to be a major clinical problem in surgical patients.
