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overnourishment

overnourishment noun: excessive nourishment.

Noun

overnourishment (uncountable)

  1. Excessive nourishment.
    • It is of large interest to include the dynamics that determine overnourishment into future assessments.2015 November 5, “Global food demand scenarios for the 21st century”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of overnourishment

From over- + nourishment.

Questions about overnourishment

What does overnourishment mean?
Overnourishment means excessive nourishment.
What part of speech is overnourishment?
Overnourishment is a noun.

Words near overnourishment in the dictionary

  1. overnoising
  2. overnourish
  3. overnourished
  4. overnourishes
  5. overnourishing
  6. overnourishment
  7. overnumber
  8. overnumbered
  9. overnumbering
  10. overnumbers
  11. overnumerous

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