denutrition

See also: dénutrition

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ nutrition.

Noun

denutrition (uncountable)

1. (physiology) The opposition of nutrition; the failure of nutrition, causing the breakdown of tissue.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “denutrition”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)