kwashiorkor

How To Use kwashiorkor In A Sentence

• It was assumed to be a traveler's version of the widespread tropical deficiency disease called kwashiorkor, from a Gold Coast term meaning "displaced child. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XX No 1
• Nutritional diseases such as kwashiorkor are no longer notifiable, and so it is not easy to estimate their scale. Triumphs' Part 2 - Health, Welfare and the Family
• As a result, kwashiorkor, a disease caused by protein deficiency, is common.
• He has kwashiorkor, which has left his limbs bloated and his belly swollen.
• She had what is called kwashiorkor i.e. severe protein and calorie malnutrition. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
• kwashiorkor" describes the malnourishment of a child weaned too early because his or her mother became pregnant again too quickly. Chapter 19
• Kwashiorkor is seen most commonly in areas where the staple food is mainly carbohydrate, such as tubers and roots like cassava.
• Children are more strongly affected by kwashiorkor than adults because they are still growing and their protein requirements are higher.
• I notice one young boy's badly swollen feet: they're a sign of a medical condition known as kwashiorkor, or severe protein deficiency. Jeffrey Sachs's $200 Billion Dream
• The term is generally used to designate both increasingly rare forms of severe clinical malnutrition (such as kwashiorkor and marasmus) and the more common forms of growth faltering or growth impairment (often termed mild or moderate malnutrition). Recently Uploaded Slideshows