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How to use malnutrition in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun

Malnutrition means a lack of adequate nourishment. Example: “In developing countries, weanlings are most at risk of malnutrition.”

Examples of malnutrition by meaning

nounA 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

More sentences with malnutrition

  • In developing countries, weanlings are most at risk of malnutrition.From the entry weanling
  • The boy's lankness reflected his malnutrition.From the entry lankness
  • Underlying cirrhosis frequently leads to protein-calorie malnutrition commonly caused by poor appetite, cacochylia, compromised nutrient uptake, and disorders in protein synthesis.2015 July 9, Ling Chen et al., “Efficacy and safety of oral branched-chain amino acid supplementation in patients undergoing interventions…. From the entry cacochylia
  • Such a solution only puts the humanist in a cleft stick by trading the problem of malnutrition for that of over-population.1964 September 3, H. Fullerton, Letters: Survival of the wild, New Scientist, Volume 23, No. 407, page 579. From the entry in a cleft stick
  • Since malnutrition and underfeedings occur among every group of children, the school lunch is essential in improving this state of nutrition.1958, Oklahoma. State Dept. of Education, Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, page 192. From the entry underfeeding
  • Median canaliform onychodystrophy typically presents with the Heller's fir tree deformity and is often associated with severe arterial disease, severe malnutrition, and trauma.2010, John C. Hall, Brian John Hall, Hall's Manual of Skin as a Marker of Underlying Disease, PMPH-USA, →ISBN, page 224. From the entry onychodystrophy
  • In sum malnutrition, infectious disease, and cognitive impairment constitute a syndemic that is rooted in and perpetuates suboptimal social, political, and economic conditions.2009, Elaine Marie Bennett, Understanding Childhood Malnutrition in a Maya Village in Guatemala, page 11. From the entry syndemic
  • The tetany that was epidemic among slaved children was actually the result of severe calcium, magnesium, and vitamin D deficiency caused by chronic malnutrition.2008, Harriet A. Washington, “Profitable Wonders”, in Medical Apartheid, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, page 62. From the entry epidemic
  • In Elena Castedo’s “Paradise,” delicious tropical fruits and sweets are the food of the rich, while teethless peasants lose their children to malnutrition and disease.1990 November 18, Maria Nieves de Abajo, “South of the border: “Paradise” / By Elena Castedo […]”, in The Sunday Journal, 110th year…. From the entry teethless
  • Fatty changes characteristic of various chronic wasting diseases, malnutrition and pregnancy diseases were found in some liver specimens of sheep from affected herds.1980, United States Atomic Energy Commission, Santa Fe Operatrions Office, “Annex 38 to Appendix E: AEC press release dated 13 January…. From the entry chronic wasting disease
  • I manage to swallow a few chips just to convince them I’m not going to die of malnutrition but it’s hard going, I can tell you.1984, Frances Thomas, chapter 22, in Zak (New Windmill Series), Oxford, Oxon: Heinemann Educational Books Ltd, published 1988, →ISBN, page…. From the entry fish and chips

Meaning of malnutrition

  1. noun A lack of adequate nourishment.

Full definition of malnutrition

Questions about malnutrition in a sentence

How do you use malnutrition in a sentence?
Malnutrition is used as a noun. For example: “In developing countries, weanlings are most at risk of malnutrition.”
What is a short sentence with malnutrition?
“The boy's lankness reflected his malnutrition.”
What does malnutrition mean?
Malnutrition means a lack of adequate nourishment.

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