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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
malnutrition \mal'nu*tri"tion\, noun [Mal- + nutrition.] (Physiol.) Faulty or imperfect nutrition; inadequate or unbalanced food intake.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
malnutrition
noun: a state of poor nutrition; can result from insufficient or excessive or unbalanced diet or from inability to absorb foods
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "malnutrition": Lombardy leprosy, anemia, ariboflavinosis, beriberi, cachexia, chlorosis, deficiency anemia, dermatitis, dietary deficiency, goiter, greensickness, keratomalacia, kwashiorkor, maidism, night blindness, osteomalacia, osteoporosis, pellagra, pernicious anemia, protein deficiency, rachitis, rickets, scurvy, struma, vitamin deficiency, xerophthalmia
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