dietary deficiency

NOUN

malnutrition

Synonyms

STRONGEST

hunger starvation

STRONG

bulimia malnourishment undernourishment

WEAK

anorexia nervosa

Example Sentences

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VEDDER, E. B.: Dietary deficiency as the etiological factor in pellagra.

From The Vitamine Manual by Eddy, Walter H.