undernutrition
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undernutrition
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From under- + nutrition.
noun
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Inadequate nutrition, either due to a lack of food, or to the inability of the body to absorb its nutrients.
Researchers exploring paleosyndemics […] offer new ways to interpret co-occurring diseases such as leprosy and plague epidemics in medieval Europe, or the relationship between mal- or undernutrition and infectious disease, or socio-economic oppression and chronic disease.
Opposite: overnutrition
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noun inadequate nutrition
| Español | desnutrición |
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Talk about this word "undernutrition." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/undernutrition. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. undernutrition. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/undernutrition "undernutrition." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/undernutrition.Cite this
@misc{undernutrition_2026,
title = {undernutrition},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/undernutrition},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
