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• malnutrition —   the body response to a lack of food in terms of the calorific energy intake or a lack of the right food in terms of the proportions of energy, minerals, protein, and vitamins. Can expose people to disease by weakening resistance, or kill people …   Geography glossary

• EPM — electron probe microanalysis; electrophoretic mobility; energy protein malnutrition * * * progressive myoclonic epilepsy …   Medical dictionary

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