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Kwashiorkor

//kwɒʃ.iˈɔː.kɔː// noun

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

Etymology

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

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