Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Want or defect of nutrition: the opposite of
nutrition .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physiol.) The opposition of nutrition; the failure of nutrition causing the breaking down of tissue.
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- noun physiology The
opposition ofnutrition ; the failure of nutrition, causing thebreakdown oftissue .
Etymologies
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de- + nutrition
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Examples
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It also occurs in some cases of extreme denutrition, numerous cases having been reported among those who make the prolonged fasts customary in the Russian church.
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It also occurs in some cases of extreme denutrition, numerous cases having been reported among those who make the prolonged fasts customary in the Russian church.
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