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 

• KWASHIORKOR (noun)

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)