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      malnourishment
      noun
      not having enough food to develop or function normally
      Roots
      malemal- · Latin · badly, poorlynutrirenourish- · Latin · to feed, nourishmentum-ment · Latin · state or result of
      Words related to malnourishment
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      The word malnourishment breaks down into 3 roots of Latin origin: mal-, from Latin male (“badly, poorly”); nourish, from Latin nutrire (“to feed, nourish”); and -ment, from Latin mentum (“state or result of”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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