malnourish
Deprive of nutrients
To malnourish is to provide inadequate or unbalanced nutrition, resulting in poor health.
The word appears almost exclusively as the past participle malnourished: malnourished children, a malnourished dog.
Someone can be malnourished from too little food or from eating plenty of the wrong things.
Extreme nutritional deprivation
- famineSevere food shortage
- hungerNeed for nourishment
- cachexiaSevere illness-induced wasting
- wastingUsing poorly, inefficiently
inanition · deprivation · food insecurity · chronic · acute · severe · moderate · prolonged
Red cell deficiency
- ricketsNutritional bone-weakening illness
- scurvyVitamin C deficiency disease
- beriberiVitamin B1 deficiency disease
- pellagraNiacin-lack illness
vitamin · mineral · protein · calorie · nutrient · micronutrient · iron · zinc
Abnormally wasted from hunger
- gauntLean from deprivation
- wastedUsed without good result
- skeletalOf or like bones
- scrawnyUnattractively thin and bony
underweight · thin · stunted · withered · atrophied · frail · weakened · depleted
Severe lack of resources
- neglectFailure to provide care
- droughtProlonged water scarcity
- warArmed struggle between groups
- displacementRemoval from usual location
food desert · inequality · scarcity · subsistence · rationing · inadequate · insufficient · inaccessible
Something added to complete
- fortificationStrengthening defenses or nutrients
- therapeuticPromoting healing or wellness
- refeedingResuming nutrition after deprivation
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
treatment · aid · relief · nutrition program · recovery · micronutrient
Arresting natural growth
- cognitiveRelating to thinking
- neurodevelopmentalConcerning brain and nerve formation
- impairmentDiminished function or capacity
- delayEnforced waiting period
milestones · psychomotor · learning · brain · growth · underdevelopment · developmental · intellectual
starvation
Extreme nutritional deprivation
wasting · inanition · deprivation · food insecurity · chronic · acute · severe · moderate · prolonged
anemia
Red cell deficiency
- ricketsNutritional bone-weakening illness
- scurvyVitamin C deficiency disease
- beriberiVitamin B1 deficiency disease
pellagra · vitamin · mineral · protein · calorie · nutrient · micronutrient · iron · zinc · iodine
emaciated
Abnormally wasted from hunger
scrawny · underweight · thin · stunted · withered · atrophied · frail · weakened · depleted · hollow
poverty
Severe lack of resources
displacement · food desert · inequality · scarcity · subsistence · rationing · inadequate · insufficient · inaccessible
supplement
Something added to complete
- fortificationStrengthening defenses or nutrients
- therapeuticPromoting healing or wellness
- refeedingResuming nutrition after deprivation
rehabilitation · treatment · aid · relief · nutrition program · recovery · micronutrient
stunting
Arresting natural growth
- cognitiveRelating to thinking
- neurodevelopmentalConcerning brain and nerve formation
- impairmentDiminished function or capacity
delay · milestones · psychomotor · learning · brain · growth · underdevelopment · developmental · intellectual · behavioral