malnutrition

noun
🔊/ˌmælnjuˈtrɪʃn/
🔊/ˌmælnuˈtrɪʃn/
[uncountable]
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  1. a poor condition of health caused by a lack of food or a lack of the right type of food营养不良 compare nutritionTopics Social issuesc2, Illnessc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • severe
    • acute
    • chronic
    verb + malnutrition
    • suffer
    • suffer from
    • die from
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