栄養失調(えいようしっちょう)

Compound of 栄養(えいよう) (nutrition) + 失調(しっちょう) (imbalance, disorder). Refers primarily to undernutrition — not getting enough essential nutrients — though technically it covers any nutritional imbalance.

Common collocations

• 栄養失調(えいようしっちょう)になる: to become malnourished
• 栄養失調(えいようしっちょう)に陥(おちい)る: to fall into malnutrition
• 栄養失調(えいようしっちょう)で倒(たお)れる: to collapse from malnutrition
• 栄養失調(えいようしっちょう)状態(じょうたい): state of malnutrition

Related words

• 栄養(えいよう): nutrition, nourishment
• 栄養不足(えいようぶそく): nutritional deficiency — similar meaning, slightly more colloquial
• 失調(しっちょう): disorder, imbalance — also appears in 自律神経失調症(じりつしんけいしっちょうしょう) (autonomic nervous disorder)

Similar words

• 飢餓(きが): starvation, famine — a more extreme state of not having enough food at all
• 栄養過多(えいようかた): overnutrition — the opposite problem, excess nutrient intake