Famine
Famine noun - A falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number.
Malnutrition and famine are semantically related in starvation topic. In some cases you can use "Malnutrition" instead a noun "Famine".
Nearby Word: famished
Malnutrition
Malnutrition noun - A state of poor nutrition; can result from insufficient or excessive or unbalanced diet or from inability to absorb foods.
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Famine and malnutrition are semantically related in starvation topic. You can use "Famine" instead a noun "Malnutrition", if it concerns topics such as undernourishment.
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- Carter witnessed wars and famine during his career, and his most famous, Pulitzer Prize-winning photo was of a small girl dying of malnutrition while a vulture looks on.
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Plumpy'nut is a type of peanut butter used to fight malnutrition in famine stricken countries by having an extremely high calorie value (a single pack contains 500 calories).
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Audrey and her family suffered greatly from the Dutch famine of the winter of 1944-45, and the effects of malnutrition remained with her all her life.
Source: Impoverished Patrician
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