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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, a profound disturbance of nutrition in children, due to neglect of hygiene and insufficient or improper food.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Profound debility of children due to lack of food and to unhygienic surroundings.
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