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Noun
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Turtles that are deprived of UVB radiation will lose interest in eating, suffer from malnutrition and develop fatal metabolic bone disease.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Jan. 2026 -
There’s similar progress on obesity and cancer, as well as on problems in developing countries like malaria, TB, and malnutrition.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
9 Jan. 2026
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By the time the expedition reached the mouth of the Río Aguarico, a tributary of the Napo near the present-day border with Peru, Orellana had lost two-thirds of his men to starvation, disease, and attacks from the Native population.—
Stanley Stewart,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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One of the bacteria, Tersicoccus phoenicis, is capable of playing dead to survive starvation and other stressors.—
Devika Rao,
TheWeek,
9 Jan. 2026
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