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undernutrition

[ uhn-der-noo-trish-uhn, -nyoo- ]

noun

  1. nutritional deficiency resulting from lack of food or from the inability of the body to convert or absorb it.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of undernutrition1

First recorded in 1895–1900; under- + nutrition
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Example Sentences

This pattern let the team understand how undernutrition changes the body, and also track gut microbiome changes.

The results suggest the microbe-friendly food could help children’s bodies turn back the clock on the ill effects of undernutrition, the researchers say.

“One-third of South Asians and more than half of all Sub-Saharan Africans suffer from malnutrition or undernutrition,” he writes.

With such knowledge, we may alter our diet very greatly without danger of undernutrition.

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