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Definition of
malnutrition noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
malnutrition
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
ˌmælnuˈtrɪʃn
/
/
[
uncountable
]
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a poor condition of health caused by a lack of food or a lack of the right type of food
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malnutrition
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