Malnutrition

/mˌælnjuːtɹˈɪʃən/

/ˌmæɫnuˈtɹɪʃən/

Malnutrition

a condition in which a person does not have enough food or good food to eat in order to stay healthy

Examples

1. As a result, malnutrition robbed your grandma of somewhere between 2 and 3.5 inches of her potential height.

2. Malnutrition is the most common cause of death in seal pups.

3. Malnutrition, helminths, biomass fuel use, delayed diagnosis, poor care.

4. Moderate malnutrition is assigned the code 263.