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UK
/kwˈɒʃiəkɐ/
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NOUN
- severe malnutrition in children resulting from a diet excessively high in carbohydrates and low in protein
How To Use kwashiorkor In A Sentence
- One boy of 22 months developed severe kwashiorkor on a diet of rice milk and erratic solids.
- HIV infection predisposes children to develop severe malnutrition, although this is more commonly manifest as marasmus than kwashiorkor.
- Kwashiorkor is seen most commonly in areas where the staple food is mainly carbohydrate, such as tubers and roots like cassava.
- The West learned a new word, "kwashiorkor," the fatal lack of protein from which thousands of children were dying. 1968 the Year that Rocked the World
- However, Baganda suffer from malaria, and children are frequently afflicted with kwashiorkor, a form of protein-calorie malnutrition.
- He has kwashiorkor, which has left his limbs bloated and his belly swollen.
- Medication was sent over to treat diseases like goiter, anemia, kwashiorkor, and AIDS, and the people were also educated about their prevention.
- The dumping - grounds have become death camps in which not only cholera and typhoid, but other diseases - gastro - enteritis, poliomyelitis, tuberculosis, malaria, as well as diseases of starvation, such as kwashiorkor, marasmus and pellagra - flourish. Triumphs' Part 2 - Health, Welfare and the Family
- Profound (?) is a common complication of kwashiorkor. B.
- The common diseases in Nigeria are nutritional such as kwashiorkor and marasmus; parasitic like malaria and water borne such as cholera and guinea worm. AllAfrica News: Latest