Kwashiorkor (redirected from Kwasiokor)

kwashiorkor /kwash·i·or·kor/ (kwahsh?e-or´kor) a form of protein-energy malnutrition produced by severe protein deficiency; caloric intake is usually also deficient. Symptoms include retarded growth, changes in skin and hair pigment, edema, immune deficiency, and pathologic changes in the liver.

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marasmic kwashiorkor  a condition in which there is a deficiency of both calories and protein, with severe tissue wasting, loss of subcutaneous fat, and usually dehydration.

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kwa·shi·or·kor (kwäsh-ôrkôr)

n.

A severe malnutrition of infants and young children, primarily in tropical and subtropical regions, caused by deficiency in the quality and quantity of protein in the diet and characterized by anemia, edema, potbelly, depigmentation of the skin, loss or change in hair color, hypoalbuminemia, and bulky stools containing undigested food.

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Kwashiorkor

Severe malnutritution in children primarily caused by a protein-poor diet, characterized by growth retardation.

Mentioned in: Malnutrition, Starvation

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kwashiorkor (kwä´shēôr´kôr),

n a wasting disease of malnutrition that occurs in children after weaning as a result of severe protein deficiency. The word is Ghanan, meaning “the displaced child's visible condition.”

Kwashiorkor.

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kwashiorkor

protein-caloric malnutrition; a human condition.