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Descriptor English: Malnutrition
Descriptor Spanish: Desnutrición
Descriptor desnutrición
Entry term(s) malnutrición
subalimentación
subnutrición
Scope note: Desequilibrio del estado nutricional como consecuencia de una ingesta insuficiente de nutrientes para las necesidades fisiológicas normales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Desnutrição
Descriptor French: Malnutrition
Entry term(s): Malnourishment
Malnourishments
Nutritional Deficiencies
Nutritional Deficiency
Undernutrition
Tree number(s): C18.654.521
SP6.990.625.344
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D044342
Scope note: An imbalanced nutritional status resulting from insufficient intake of nutrients to meet normal physiological requirement.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Nutrition Disorders (1964-2003)
Public MeSH Note: 2004; see NUTRITION DISORDERS 1975-2003
History Note: 2004; use NUTRITION DISORDERS 1975-2003
DeCS ID: 38061
Unique ID: D044342
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2004/01/01
Date of Entry: 2003/07/09
Revision Date: 2016/06/30
Malnutrition - Preferred
Concept UI M0015121
Scope note An imbalanced nutritional status resulting from insufficient intake of nutrients to meet normal physiological requirement.
Preferred term Malnutrition
Entry term(s) Malnourishment
Malnourishments
Nutritional Deficiencies
Nutritional Deficiency
Undernutrition



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