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Noun: malnutrition  ,mal-n(y)oo'tri-shun
  1. A state of poor nutrition; can result from insufficient or excessive or unbalanced diet or from inability to absorb foods
    "his attainment of puberty was delayed by malnutrition"

Derived forms: malnutritions

Type of: deficiency disease

Encyclopedia: Malnutrition

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Mallophaga
Mallotus
mallow
mallow family
Mallu
Malmö
malmsey
malnourish
malnourished
malnourishment
malnutrition
malocclusion
malodor
malodorous
malodorousness
malodour
malodourous
Malone
malonylurea
malope
Malope trifida