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Definition of Malnourishment
1. Noun. Not having enough food to develop or function normally.
Generic synonyms: Hunger, Hungriness
Derivative terms: Malnourish, Undernourish
Definition of Malnourishment
1. Noun. malnutrition, undernourishment ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Malnourishment
Literary usage of Malnourishment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origin of Emotions: Version 1.0 by Mark Devon (2006)
"Thinness indicates illness or malnourishment. Ideal voice has a pitch and resonance
midway between men and children. Ideal height for a woman is 8% shorter ..."
2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"... AND HOUSE WRENS: One of the writer's hobbies happens to be a charity, establishing
nutrition clinics for the correction of malnourishment in children. ..."
3. The U. N. Role in the Persian Gulf and Iraqi Compliance with U. N. Resolutions by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"Nevertheless, the findings of the Harvard study do point out the potential risks
of disease and malnourishment in Iraq, particularly for young children. ..."
4. Environmental Theology by Richard Cartwright Austin (1990)
"and the balance of its food trade has deteriorated steadily since then. Meanwhile,
90 percent of those who remain in rural areas suffer malnourishment.2 The ..."
5. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1844)
"It is a common experience that widower and widows live a very depressed life due
to loss of care and malnourishment and they desire for early death when ..."
6. Nutrition and Development by Margaret R. Biswas, Per Pinstrup-Andersen (1985)
"... and as a consequence has been criticized for being an unrealistic high line
against which to measure malnourishment. 5. BENEFITS AND COSTS OF MARKET ..."
7. Death by Default: A Policy of Fatal Neglect in China's State Orphanages by Robin Munro (1996)
"... malnourishment, and plain neglect... Worse, the party authorities of Nanning
appear to have callously exploited Western sensibilities to line their ..."
8. War Crimes in Bosnia-Hercegovina by Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S.), Helsinki Watch, Helsinki Watch (Organization : U.S., Ivana Nizich (1993)
"None appeared to bear signs of torture or malnourishment. Some of the women
prisoners were wearing makeup and no one appeared frightened to speak. ..."
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