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Malnourished vs Dystrophy - What's the difference?

malnourished | dystrophy |

As an adjective malnourished

is suffering from malnutrition.

As a noun dystrophy is

a wasting of body tissues, of genetic origin or due to inadequate or defective nutrition.

malnourished

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • suffering from malnutrition

    • Synonyms

    * underfed * undernourished

    Antonyms

    * well-fed

    Related terms

    * malnutrition

    dystrophy

    English

    Alternative forms

    * dystrophia

    Noun

    (dystrophies)
  • A wasting of body tissues, of genetic origin or due to inadequate or defective nutrition.

    • Derived terms

    * dystrophic * muscular dystrophy