Associations to the word «Kwashiorkor»

Wiktionary

KWASHIORKOR, noun. (pathology) A form of malnutrition, found in children, caused by dietary insufficiency of protein in combination with a high carbohydrate diet.

Dictionary definition

KWASHIORKOR, noun. Severe malnutrition in children resulting from a diet excessively high in carbohydrates and low in protein.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats