malnutrition
31malnutrition — noun a lack of adequate nourishment …
32malnutrition — Faulty nutrition resulting from malabsorption, poor diet, or overeating. malignant m. SYN: kwashiorkor. protein m. undernutrition resulting from inadequate intake of protein; characteristic manifestations include nutritional edema, kwashiorkor …
33malnutrition — the body response to a lack of food in terms of the calorific energy intake or a lack of the right food in terms of the proportions of energy, minerals, protein, and vitamins. Can expose people to disease by weakening resistance, or kill people …
34malnutrition — Synonyms and related words: Lombardy leprosy, anemia, ariboflavinosis, beriberi, cachexia, chlorosis, deficiency anemia, dermatitis, dietary deficiency, goiter, greensickness, keratomalacia, kwashiorkor, maidism, night blindness, osteomalacia,… …
35malnutrition — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. deficiency; emaciation, anemia, marasmus; cachexia, gout, scurvy, pellagra, hookworm; obesity. See disease. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. scurvy, consumption, rickets; see hunger , illness 1 , starvation .… …
36Malnutrition — Mal|nu|tritio̱n [frz. engl. mal = Krankheit, Übel u. ↑Nutrition] w; : falsche Ernährung (insbesondere des Säuglings), die zu charakteristischen Krankheitsbildern führt (z. B. Milchnährschaden) …
37Malnutrition — Mal|nu|tri|ti|on* die; <zum Teil unter Einfluss von fr. mal »schlecht« u. engl. mal »schlecht« zu lat. malus »schlecht« u. spätlat. nutritio »Ernährung«, dies zu lat. nutrire »säugen, ernähren«> falsche Ernährung (insbesondere des… …
38malnutrition — mal|nu|tri|tion [ ,mælnu trıʃn ] noun uncount a medical condition in which you are weak or sick because you do not eat enough or you do not eat enough of the right foods …
39malnutrition — mælnÊŠ trɪʃn / njÊŠ n. undernourishment, inadequate nutrition, malnourishment …
40malnutrition — noun lack of proper nutrition, caused by not having enough to eat, not eating enough of the right things, or being unable to use the food eaten …
