What does "kwashiorkor" mean?

A form of malnutrition, found in children, caused by dietary insufficiency of protein in combination with a high-carbohydrate diet.

What is a synonym for "kwashiorkor"?

Common synonyms include: anemia, beriberi, dermatitis, goiter, malnutrition, night blindness.

Pronounced //kwɒʃ.iˈɔː.kɔː//.

/kwɒʃ.iˈɔː.kɔː/ noun

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Noun

1
A form of malnutrition, found in children, caused by dietary insufficiency of protein in combination with a high-carbohydrate diet. countable, uncountable
2
severe malnutrition in children resulting from a diet excessively high in carbohydrates and low in protein wordnet

From Ga kwašiɔkɔ, kwàṣìɔkɔ́ (“the sickness the older child gets when the next baby is born”).