Look up: malnutrition

1. malnutrition
   [n] - a state of poor nutrition
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2. Malnutrition
   The state of having a diet that does not provide the correct balance of food groups for a healthy body.
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3. malnutrition
   faulty nutrition Category: Medicine
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4. Malnutrition
   Mal`nu·tri'tion noun [ Mal- + nutrition .] (Physiol.) Faulty or imperfect nutrition.
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5. malnutrition
   Faulty or inadequate nutrition. Under nourishment. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
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6. malnutrition
   noun a state of poor nutrition; can result from insufficient or excessive or unbalanced diet or from inability to absorb foods
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7. malnutrition
   (mal″noo-trish´әn) poor nourishment resulting from an inadequate or improper diet or from some defect in metabolism that prevents the body from using its food properly. Extreme malnutrition may lead to starvation. Although poverty is still the major cause of malnutrition, anyone can become undernourished by seriou...
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8. Malnutrition
   • (n.) Faulty or imperfect nutrition.
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9. malnutrition
   physical condition resulting either from a faulty or inadequate diet (i.e., a diet that does not supply normal quantities of all nutrients) or from a ... [12 related articles]
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10. malnutrition
    malnutrition Inadequate nutrition.
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11. Malnutrition
    Malnutrition is the condition that results from taking an unbalanced diet in which certain nutrients are lacking, in excess (too high an intake), or in the wrong proportions. A number of different nutrition disorders may arise, depending on which nutrients are under or overabundant in the diet. In ...
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12. malnutrition
    Inadequate nutrition, especially in children, which may involve all or parts of the diet (marasmus), or may be predominantly of proteins (kwashiorkor) or vitamins (pellagra, beriberi, scurvy). In marasmus, essential factors for metabolism are derived from the breakdown of body tissues; extreme wasti...
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13. Malnutrition
    Poor nourishment of the body resulting from insufficient food, improper diet, a metabolic abnormality that causes weight loss and fatigue. Maternal malnutrition may be a factor in an fetus that is considered small-for-gestational age.
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14. malnutrition
    malnutrition, insufficiency of one or more nutritional elements necessary for health and well-being. Primary malnutrition is caused by the lack of essential foodstuffs—usually vitamins, minerals, or proteins—in the diet. In some areas of the world a poor economy or such regional conditio...
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15. malnutrition
    Type: Term Pronunciation: mal′nū-trish′ŭn Definitions: 1. Faulty nutrition resulting from malabsorption, poor diet, or overeating.
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16. malnutrition
    Condition resulting from a defective diet where certain important food nutrients (such as proteins, vitamins, or carbohydrates) are absent. It can lead to deficiency diseases. A related problem is undernourishment. A high global death rate linked to malnutrition has arisen from famine situations cau...
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17. malnutrition
    A condition caused by not getting enough calories or the right amount of key nutrients, such as vitamins and minerals, that are needed for health. Malnutrition may occur when there is a lack of nutrients in the diet or when the body cannot absorb nutrients from food. Cancer and cancer treatment may cause malnutrition.
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