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Definition of Kwashiorkor
1. Noun. Severe malnutrition in children resulting from a diet excessively high in carbohydrates and low in protein.
Definition of Kwashiorkor
1. Noun. (pathology) A form of malnutrition, found in children, caused by dietary insufficiency of protein in combination with a high carbohydrate diet. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kwashiorkor
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Medical Definition of Kwashiorkor
1. A nutritional deficiency illness in children who are not getting enough protein, this results in anaemia, poor growth, weakness, and oedema (which isparticularly characterised by a pronounced pot belly). Infamine-stricken regions, children typically develop kwashiorkor rightafter they are weaned. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kwashiorkor
Literary usage of Kwashiorkor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nutrition and Development by Margaret R. Biswas, Per Pinstrup-Andersen (1985)
"This suggests that although more girls have kwashiorkor, mothers tend to bring
... Among children admitted to hospital with kwashiorkor there was, however, ..."
2. Lost Crops of Africa: Volume Ii: Vegetables by National Research Council (U. S.) (2006)
"... would make an exceptional nutritional tool in West and Central Africa where
marasmus (the malnutrition caused by a lack of food energy) and kwashiorkor ..."
3. Impact of Subsidized Rice on Food Consumption and Nutrition in Kerala by Shubh K. Kumar (1979)
"Kerala has an accurate local vocabulary for the kwashiorkor syndrome which is
called “Neeru ... kwashiorkor is associated with oedema and dermatosis. ..."
4. Much Bigger Than Grownups: Chronicles of a Native South Africanby Shelley Wood Gauld by Shelley Wood Gauld (2006)
"An orange tinge in the hair is another symptom of kwashiorkor (Zulu) kwela music:
an exuberant pennywhistle based street music; also called "penny jive. ..."
5. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"Keusch et al. have recently reported (9) that macrophages from mice with kwashiorkor
kill Staphylococcus aureus, E. coli and salmonella normally in vitro. ..."
6. The U. N. Role in the Persian Gulf and Iraqi Compliance with U. N. Resolutions by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"... in both its mild and acute forms, as well as a recrudescence of infectious
diseases. Numerous cases of marasmus and kwashiorkor have been reported ..."
7. Diarrhea and Malnutrition: Interactions, Mechanisms, and Interventions by Lincoln C. Chen, Nevin S. Scrimshaw (1983)
"... in children suffering from celiac disease,3 measles/ and kwashiorkor,5 all of
which may cause considerable loss of body mass and severe malnutrition. ..."
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