Synonyms for malnutrition
ˌmæl nuˈtrɪʃ ən, -nyu-mal·nu·tri·tion

Princeton's WordNet

1. malnutritionnoun

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

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1. • Deficiency Disease

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1. List of paraphrases for "malnutrition":

   undernutrition, malnourishment, undernourishment, nutrition, feeding, under-nutrition, nutritional

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1. Yvette Leung:

   The vast majority of treatments for Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis are completely safe for a female to take when she is conceiving and equally safe during pregnancy and breastfeeding, for patients who are acutely ill, however, from their Crohn’s or ulcerative colitis, there may be multiple good reasons not to have children including depression, malnutrition, amenorrhea (lack of menstruation), and general poor quality of life.

2. Mike Ryan:

   We don't know what the impact of this will be in undernourished children with chronic malnutrition, we don't know what the impact of this will be in in overcrowded refugee camps. So, there's a lot still to be learned.

3. Fiona Watson:

   That means the food’s not coming in, hence you get so much malnutrition (that) has led to this terrible catastrophe.

4. Kim Jong:

   Kim Jong Un doesn't take very much for malnutrition to spike, kim Jong Un doesn't take long for malnutrition to spike either. So a short and fairly serious shock to the food system of the country can create quite serious implications for the population.

5. Mary Robinson:

   We need to make it clear that people are bereft of their own resources and we are seeing malnutrition and acute malnutrition among children, it's absolutely necessary to understand that this is the new normal.