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malnourished en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *(s)molos? Proto-Italic *malos Archaic Latin malos Latin malus Latin maleder. Old French mal- English mal- English nourished English malnourished From mal- + nourished.

Meanings

  1. Suffering from malnutrition.
    • Thus, leucine is already being seen as a pharmaconutrient of great relevance for the supplementary feeding of malnourished and frail elderly and for specific subpopulations. 2015 October 15, “Buffalo Cheese Whey Proteins, Identification of a 24 kDa Protein and Characterization of Their Hydrolysates: In Vitro Gastrointestinal Digestion”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
    • Autopsy results revealed that Braydon was generally malnourished and thin. His cause of death was hyperthermia due to the extreme heat, which would have “caused extreme discomfort and difficulty breathing as he died.” 2015 December 23, Tiffany Ap and Artemis Moshtaghian, “Neglected boy shut in room with heater on dies of hyperthermia”, in CNN:

Forms

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most malnourished Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

well-fed

Deriveds

nonmalnourished

Relateds

malnutrition

Synonyms

undernourished · underfed

Translations (19)

da underernæret (suffering from malnutrition) · fr malnutri (suffering from malnutrition) · ru недоеда́ющий (suffering from malnutrition) · fr mal nourri (suffering from malnutrition) · da fejlernæret (suffering from malnutrition) · de unterernährt (suffering from malnutrition) · es desnutrido (suffering from malnutrition) · pt desnutrido (suffering from malnutrition) · ru истощённый (suffering from malnutrition) · mi makuhea (suffering from malnutrition) · ka ცუდად ნაკვები (suffering from malnutrition) · fi virheravittu (suffering from malnutrition) · sv undernärd (suffering from malnutrition) · ka კვების უკმარისობით (suffering from malnutrition) · hi कुपोषित (suffering from malnutrition) · nl ondervoed (suffering from malnutrition) · fi aliravittu (suffering from malnutrition) · it malnutrito (suffering from malnutrition) · hu alultáplált (suffering from malnutrition)

malnourished en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *(s)molos? Proto-Italic *malos Archaic Latin malos Latin malus Latin maleder. Old French mal- English mal- English nourished English malnourished From mal- + nourished.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of malnourish
    form of malnourish