Word: undernutrition
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: un
der
nu
tri
tion
Definition: Inadequate nutrition, either due to a lack of food, or to the inability of the body to absorb its nutrients
Morphemes:
Affix: under-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently, below what is correct; subordinate to; beneath or behind.
Affix: nutrition
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: That which nourishes; nutriment.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: nutritio
Language: la
Decoded: nutritio
PoS: Noun
Meaning: nutrition