kwashiorkor in English
noun
1
a form of malnutrition caused by protein deficiency in the diet, typically affecting young children in the tropics.
One boy of 22 months developed severe kwashiorkor on a diet of rice milk and erratic solids.
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2. Aflatoxins may also play a role in other conditions, such as Reye’s syndrome and kwashiorkor (a childhood condition linked to malnutrition)
3. Victims of kwashiorkor commonly exhibit reduced ability to recover fluids, immune system failure, and low lipid absorption, all of which result from a state of severe undernourishment.