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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesdesnutrición
Pronunciation / Transliteration: desnutrición
"Los programas de ayuda alimentaria combaten la desnutrición en zonas rurales."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Lack of proper nutrition, caused by not having enough to eat, not eating enough of the right things, or being unable to use the food that one does eat.
"Many children in developing regions suffer from severe malnutrition due to chronic food insecurity." - 2
An unbalanced diet in which certain nutrients are lacking, excess, or wrong in proportion.
"Overeating processed foods can also lead to a form of malnutrition and obesity."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin prefix mal- (meaning bad or ill, from Old French mal) combined with nutrition, which traces back to the Latin nutrire (to nourish). The term emerged in the mid-19th century to describe the pathological state resulting from an inadequate or unbalanced diet.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Malnutrition" is said worldwide
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malnutrition
Transliteration: malnutrition
"La malnutrition reste un défi majeur pour la santé publique mondiale."
Mangelernährung
Transliteration: Mangelernährung
"Mangelernährung kann zu dauerhaften Entwicklungsschäden führen."
malnutrizione
Transliteration: malnutrizione
"La malnutrizione infantile richiede interventi umanitari immediati."
desnutrición
Transliteration: desnutrición
"Los programas de ayuda alimentaria combaten la desnutrición en zonas rurales."
desnutrição
Transliteration: desnutrição
"A desnutrição afeta o crescimento físico e cognitivo das crianças."
कुपोषण
Transliteration: kuposhan
"भारत में बच्चों में कुपोषण एक गंभीर समस्या है।"
营养不良
Transliteration: yíng yǎng bù liáng
"贫困地区的儿童常常面临营养不良的问题。"
영양실조
Transliteration: yeong-yang-sil-jo
"장기적인 영양실조는 면역력을 떨어뜨립니다."
栄養失調
Transliteration: eiyō shitchō
"栄養失調は子どもの発育に重大な影響を与えます。"
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