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KWASHIORKOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does kwashiorkor mean?
• KWASHIORKOR (noun)
The noun KWASHIORKOR has 1 sense:
1. severe malnutrition in children resulting from a diet excessively high in carbohydrates and low in protein
Familiarity information: KWASHIORKOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Severe malnutrition in children resulting from a diet excessively high in carbohydrates and low in protein
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("kwashiorkor" is a kind of...):
malnutrition (a state of poor nutrition; can result from insufficient or excessive or unbalanced diet or from inability to absorb foods)
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