noun
Meaning 1
malnutrition, undernourishment
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
malnourishment
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noun
Meaning 2
not having enough food to develop or function normally
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: undernourishment
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hunger, hungriness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin maleder. Old French mal- English mal- English nourish Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English malnourishment From mal- + nourish + -ment.