kwashiorkor
pronunciation
How to pronounce kwashiorkor in British English:
UK [ˌkwɒʃiˈɔ:kɔ:(r)]
How to pronounce kwashiorkor in American English:
US [ˌkwɑʃiˈɔrkər]
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- Noun:
- severe malnutrition in children resulting from a diet excessively high in carbohydrates and low in protein
Word Origin
- kwashiorkor (n.)
- 1935, from a native name in Ghana for the disease.
Example
- 1. They found that those who had survived marasmus ate differently from those who had survived kwashiorkor .
- 2. One significant difference between the two syndromes is that children with marasmus are twice as likely to survive malnutrition as those with kwashiorkor .