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malnutrition

/ˌmæl.nuˈtɹɪʃ.ən/

malnutrition noun: a lack of adequate nourishment.

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Noun

malnutrition (usually uncountable, plural malnutritions)

(usually) A lack of adequate nourishment.
- It is predictable that some of these infections occur in individuals immunocompromised by malnutrition or underlying disease (notably cancer or AIDS) or by immunosuppressive therapy.2013, Robert H. Rubin, Lowell S. Young, Clinical Approach to Infection in the Compromised Host, →ISBN, page 275

malnutrition meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

malnutrition in Hindi

lack of adequate nourishment: कुपोषण kupoṣaṇ

malnutrition in Tamil

ஊட்டச்சத்துக்குறை

malnutrition in Marathi

कुपोषण, कुपोषणाचा त्रास

malnutrition in Urdu

غلط خوراک, ناکافی خوراک

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malnutrition in Bengali: অপুষ্টি, পুষ্টিহীনতা, ত্রুটিপূর্ণ পুষ্টি
malnutrition in Telugu: పోషకాహార లోపం, పోషకాహారలోపం, పోషకాహార లోపము
malnutrition in Malayalam: പോഷണവൈകല്യം, പോഷകാഹാരക്കുറവ്
malnutrition in Kannada: ಸತ್ವರಹಿತ ಆಹಾರ, ಪೌಷ್ಠಿಕದ ಕೊರತೆ
malnutrition in Punjabi: ਕੁਪੋਸ਼ਣ, ਕੁਪੋਸ਼ਣ ਦੀ ਘਾਟ
malnutrition in Gujarati: કુપોષણ
malnutrition in Odia: ଅପପୁଷ୍ଟି, ପୁଷ୍ଟିହୀନତା, ଅପପୁଷ୍ଟିକରଣ
malnutrition in Nepali: कुपोषण, कुपोषितता, कुपोषणा
malnutrition in Arabic: سُوء تَغْذِيَة sūʔ taḡḏiya
malnutrition in Malay: malnutrisi, malpemakanan
malnutrition in Indonesian: defisiensi nutrisi, malanutritisi
malnutrition in Myanmar: အာဟာရချို့တဲ့ခြင်း ahara.hkyui.tai.hkrang:

Examples of malnutrition in a sentence

In developing countries, weanlings are most at risk of malnutrition.
The boy's lankness reflected his malnutrition.
Underlying cirrhosis frequently leads to protein-calorie malnutrition commonly caused by poor appetite, cacochylia, compromised nutrient uptake, and disorders in protein synthesis.

All 12 example sentences with malnutrition

Forms of malnutrition

plural	malnutritions

Origin of malnutrition

From mal- + nutrition.

Words formed from malnutrition

Words that rhyme with malnutrition

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Questions about malnutrition

What does malnutrition mean?: Malnutrition means a lack of adequate nourishment.
What is malnutrition in Hindi?: Malnutrition in Hindi is कुपोषण (kupoṣaṇ). See Malnutrition meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is malnutrition?: Malnutrition is a noun.
How do you pronounce malnutrition?: Malnutrition is pronounced /ˌmæl.nuˈtɹɪʃ.ən/ (US).
What is the plural of malnutrition?: The plural of malnutrition is malnutritions.

Words near malnutrition in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: malnutrition (page history and authors); malnutrition (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); malnutrition (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); malnutrition (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); malnutrition (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); malnutrition (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); malnutrition (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); malnutrition (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); malnutrition (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); malnutrition (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); malnutrition (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); malnutrition (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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