0 present participle of stunt
1 to prevent the growth or development of something from reaching its limit:
After three weeks, these cultivars showed severe stunting, sometimes resulting in plant death (table 1).
Significant associations have also been found between stunting and poor psychomotor development, fine motor skills and neuro-sensory integration.
Early childhood diarrhea helminthiases associated with long-term stunting.
The consequence of deprivation for height is further emphasized by the greater stunting of the more impoverished destitute boys.
We are stunting the educational growth of our children.
Stunting, severe malnutrition and mental development in young children.
The precise mechanism linking stunting to poor mental development is unknown.
Density of the cereals was similar in the two residue treatments, indicating that the abundant residues were stunting the growth of established plants74.
