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noun
A form of malnutrition, found in children, caused by dietary insufficiency of protein in combination with a high-carbohydrate diet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
severe malnutrition in children resulting from a diet excessively high in carbohydrates and low in protein
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: malnutrition
History
From Ga kwašiɔkɔ, kwàṣìɔkɔ́ (“the sickness the older child gets when the next baby is born”).
Across languages
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
