kwashiorkor

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With kwashiorkor, the baby is bloated, with fat feet and cracked skin.

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  1. noun Severe protein malnutrition, especially in children after weaning, marked by lethargy, growth retardation, anemia, edema, potbelly, skin depigmentation, and hair loss or change in hair color.

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  • People, children were dying of kwashiorkor. —  Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on aid versus trade
  • In rural areas, lack of proper nutrition can lead to common diseases such as marasmus, leading to chronic weight loss, and kwashiorkor, resulting from a lack of protein which leads to dangerous swelling of the feet and legs. —  The Guardian World News
  • If they fail to do that some of us will continue dubbing them "kwashiorkor partners" in this renewed effort to rekindled Zimbabwe's dead economic empire. —  AllAfrica News: Latest
  • In a few months our TV screens will show the pot-bellies of children with kwashiorkor and the emaciated faces of mothers and children ravaged by malnutrition and infection. —  home
  • With kwashiorkor, the baby is bloated, with fat feet and cracked skin. —  International Medical Corps
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  1. Ga (Niger-Congo language of Ghana) kwashiɔkɔ.
 

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