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单词 kwashiorkor
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
kwash•i•or•kor  (kwä′shē ôrkôr, -kər),USA pronunciation n. [Pathol.]
  1. Pathologya malnutrition disease, chiefly of children, caused by severe protein and vitamin deficiency and characterized by retarded growth, changes in pigmentation, potbelly, and anemia.
  • Ga kwaŝiɔkɔ the influence a child is said to be under when his mother becomes pregnant with her next child; spelling, spelled with r's is r-less speaker's representation of the vowels
  • 1930–35

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
kwashiorkor /ˌkwæʃɪˈɔːkə/ n
  1. severe malnutrition of infants and young children, esp soon after weaning, resulting from dietary deficiency of protein
Etymology: 20th Century: from a native word in Ghana
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