kwashiorkor

See also: Kwashiorkor

English

Etymology

From Ga kwašiɔkɔ, kwàṣìɔkɔ́ (“the sickness the older child gets when the next baby is born”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kwɒʃ.iˈɔː.kɔː/, /kwæʃ.iˈɔː.kɔː/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌkwɑʃ.iˈɔɹ.kɚ/, /ˌkwɑʃ.i.ɔɹˈkɔɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)kə(ɹ), -ɔː(ɹ)

Noun

kwashiorkor (countable and uncountable, plural kwashiorkors)

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

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References

  1. ^ Rebecca Tortello, Pieces of the Past, “Dr. Cicely Williams: Jamaica’s Gift to the Field for Maternal and Child Health Care 1893–1992.”. Accessed 2014-10-08.

Danish

Etymology

Via English, from Ga kwašiɔkɔ.

Noun

kwashiorkor c (singular definite kwashiorkoren, not used in plural form)

  1. (pathology) kwashiorkor

Declension

Declension of kwashiorkor
common
gender 		singular
indefinite definite
nominative kwashiorkor kwashiorkoren
genitive kwashiorkors kwashiorkorens

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kwa.ʃjɔʁ.kɔʁ/

Noun

kwashiorkor m (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) kwashiorkor (malnutrition caused by protein deficiency)

Portuguese

Noun

kwashiorkor m (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) kwashiorkor (malnutrition caused by protein deficiency)
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