denutritionn.
/diːnjuːˈtrɪʃən/ The opposite to nutrition; reversal of the nutritive process; in Medicine treatment by deprivation of nourishment. Also attributive.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments by diet > [noun]
grape-cure1862
denutrition1868
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered nutrition > [noun] > malnutrition
cachexy?1541
marasmus1574
innutrition1796
denourishment1850
malnutrition1850
denutrition1868
athrepsia1885
malnourishment1921
1868 W. James in N. Amer. Rev. 107 325 The study of those facts of elementary life, which may be summed up under the name of nutrition and denutrition.
1876 R. Bartholow Pract. Treat. Materia Med. ii. 30 From these data we are enabled to form an estimate of the amount and kind of food necessary to maintain life in those cases of disease in which it is desirable to apply the method of denutrition.
1876 R. Bartholow Pract. Treat. Materia Med. ii. 41 The hunger or denutrition cure.
1896 Daily News 25 Jan. 5/5 Her nervous system was a good deal shaken in consequence of an accident when out riding. Denutrition has been one of the consequences.
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