MALNUTRITION

malnutrition

(noun) a state of poor nutrition; can result from insufficient or excessive or unbalanced diet or from inability to absorb foods

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

malnutrition (usually uncountable, plural malnutritions)

A lack of adequate nourishment.

Source: Wiktionary


Mal`nu*tri"tion, n. Etym: [Mal- + nutrition.] (Physiol.)

Definition: Faulty or imperfect nutrition.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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10 June 2025

COMMUNICATIONS

(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”


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