- overnutrition
- over·nu·tri·tion .ō-vər-n(y)ü-'trish-ən n excessive food intake esp. when viewed as a factor in pathology
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over·nu·tri·tion (o″vər-noo-trĭґshən) hyperalimentation (def. 1).
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