MALNOURISHED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does malnourished mean? 

• MALNOURISHED (adjective)
  The adjective MALNOURISHED has 1 sense:

1. not being provided with adequate nourishment

  Familiarity information: MALNOURISHED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MALNOURISHED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not being provided with adequate nourishment

Similar:

foodless (being without food)

ill-fed; underfed; undernourished (not getting adequate food)

starved; starving (suffering from lack of food)

unfed (not fed)

unnourished (not nourished)

Antonym:

nourished (being provided with adequate nourishment)

 Context examples 

A clinical trial conducted in Pakistan’s Punjab province found that vitamin D3 supplements added to regular treatment for malnutrition led to significant improvements in a group of 185 malnourished children aged 2‒58 months.

(Vitamin D3 boost helps treat child malnutrition, SciDev.Net)

It usually occurs in malnourished children in areas of poor sanitation and immunocompromised patients.

(Gangrenous Stomatitis, NCI Thesaurus)

You may need it if you: • Can't swallow • Have problems with your appetite • Are severely malnourished • Can't absorb nutrients through your digestive system

(Nutritional Support, NIH)

A person with celiac disease may become malnourished no matter how much food is consumed.

(Celiac Disease, NCI Dictionary)

Black holes in certain types of galaxies like NGC 3147 are malnourished because there is not enough gravitationally captured material to feed them regularly.

(Hubble Uncovers Black Hole Disk that Shouldn't Exist, NASA)

The findings also help explain why people who are malnourished in early childhood go on to have higher rates of obesity, diabetes and heart disease as adults.

(Born during a drought: Bad news for baboons, NSF)

A severe gangrenous process occurring predominantly in debilitated and malnourished children, especially in underdeveloped countries.

(Gangrenous Stomatitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A second group of 92 malnourished children, also under standard treatment but placed on placebos instead of vitamin D3 supplements, showed far less improvement than the first group

(Vitamin D3 boost helps treat child malnutrition, SciDev.Net)

She says that the standard treatment given to malnourished children in different countries is a high-energy food paste which has only modest amounts of vital micronutrients such as vitamin D3.

(Vitamin D3 boost helps treat child malnutrition, SciDev.Net)

Adrian Martineau, professor at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and an author of the study, says the results carry lessons for developing countries in Africa, Asia-Pacific and other regions which are home to an estimated 20 million malnourished children.

(Vitamin D3 boost helps treat child malnutrition, SciDev.Net)