MALNUTRITION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does malnutrition mean? 

• MALNUTRITION (noun)
  The noun MALNUTRITION has 1 sense:

1. a state of poor nutrition; can result from insufficient or excessive or unbalanced diet or from inability to absorb foods

  Familiarity information: MALNUTRITION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MALNUTRITION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state of poor nutrition; can result from insufficient or excessive or unbalanced diet or from inability to absorb foods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("malnutrition" is a kind of...):

deficiency disease (any disease caused by a lack of an essential nutrient (as a vitamin or mineral))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "malnutrition"):

avitaminosis; hypovitaminosis (any of several diseases caused by deficiency of one or more vitamins)

kwashiorkor (severe malnutrition in children resulting from a diet excessively high in carbohydrates and low in protein)

marasmus (extreme malnutrition and emaciation (especially in children); can result from inadequate intake of food or from malabsorption or metabolic disorders)

 Context examples 

If untreated, the clinical course may progress to malnutrition, anemia, osteoporosis and an increased risk of intestinal malignancies.

(Celiac Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

It may also be caused by conditions that affect hormones, such as tumors; malnutrition; kidney, liver, or thyroid disease; or treatment with certain drugs.

(Gynecomastia, NCI Dictionary)

It may be used to look for conditions such as anemia, dehydration, malnutrition, and leukemia.

(Erythrocyte, NCI Dictionary)

Untreated, the clinical course progresses to malnutrition and weight loss.

(Dumping syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

“The results of adding high-dose vitamin D3 to the regular treatment for malnutrition are a first, and not previously studied,” says Aida Girma-Melaku, UNICEF representative in Pakistan.

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

It may also be caused by physical injury, infection, toxic substances, or conditions such as diabetes, kidney failure, or malnutrition.

(Neuropathy, NCI Dictionary)

Calorie restriction is the process of reducing food intake—typically by at least 30% from a normal diet—without malnutrition.

(Pathways Underlying the Benefits of Calorie Restriction, NIH)

It is used to check for conditions such as anemia, dehydration, and malnutrition.

(Hemoglobin, NCI Dictionary)

Horizontal ridges may be associated with metabolic disorders and malnutrition.

(Nail Ridging, NCI Thesaurus)

Linear transverse/horizontal groove of one or more nail plates that migrate distally from the proximal nail fold with nail growth, usually secondary to illness, trauma or malnutrition.

(Horizontal Nail Ridging, NCI Thesaurus)