Half a million children still face malnutrition in Niger.
Source: tatoeba (1732)
Malnutrition
//ˌmæl.nuˈtɹɪʃ.ən//
Synonyms for "malnutrition" (27 found)
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Closest matches (6)
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Related words (13)
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2 entriesTranslations
35 translations across 30 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- سُوء تَغْذِيَة noun (lack of adequate nourishment)
Armenian
1 entries- թերասնում noun (lack of adequate nourishment)
Bulgarian
1 entries- недохранване noun (lack of adequate nourishment)
Burmese
1 entries- အာဟာရချို့တဲ့ခြင်း noun (lack of adequate nourishment)
Catalan
1 entries- desnutrició noun (lack of adequate nourishment)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 營養不良 /营养不良 noun (lack of adequate nourishment)
Czech
1 entries- podvýživa noun (lack of adequate nourishment)
Danish
2 entries- fejlernæring noun (lack of adequate nourishment)
- underernæring noun (lack of adequate nourishment)
Dutch
1 entries- ondervoeding noun (lack of adequate nourishment)
Finnish
2 entries- aliravitsemus noun (lack of adequate nourishment)
- virheravitsemus noun (lack of adequate nourishment)
French
1 entries- malnutrition noun (lack of adequate nourishment)
Georgian
1 entries- კვების უკმარისობა noun (lack of adequate nourishment)
German
2 entries- Mangelernährung noun (lack of adequate nourishment)
- Unterernährung noun (lack of adequate nourishment)
Greek
1 entries- υποσιτισμός noun (lack of adequate nourishment)
Hindi
1 entries- कुपोषण noun (lack of adequate nourishment)
Hungarian
1 entries- alultápláltság noun (lack of adequate nourishment)
Indonesian
2 entries- defisiensi nutrisi noun (lack of adequate nourishment)
- malanutritisi noun (lack of adequate nourishment)
Italian
1 entries- denutrizione noun (lack of adequate nourishment)
Japanese
1 entries- 栄養失調 noun (lack of adequate nourishment)
Korean
1 entries- 영양실조 noun (lack of adequate nourishment)
Malagasy
1 entries- tsifanjariantsakafo noun (lack of adequate nourishment)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- feilernæring noun (lack of adequate nourishment)
- underernæring noun (lack of adequate nourishment)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- underernæring noun (lack of adequate nourishment)
Polish
1 entries- niedożywienie noun (lack of adequate nourishment)
Portuguese
1 entries- desnutrição noun (lack of adequate nourishment)
Russian
1 entries- недоеда́ние noun (lack of adequate nourishment)
Spanish
1 entries- malnutrición noun (lack of adequate nourishment)
Swedish
1 entries- undernäring noun (lack of adequate nourishment)
Turkish
1 entries- yetersiz beslenme noun (lack of adequate nourishment)
Ukrainian
1 entries- недоїда́ння noun (lack of adequate nourishment)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
One third of children who die before the age of 5 die from malnutrition.
Source: tatoeba (2129005)
Any one of us could suffer from malnutrition without being aware of it!
Source: tatoeba (5978378)
Any one of us could suffer from malnutrition without knowing it!
Source: tatoeba (5978407)
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