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kwashiorkors

kwashiorkors is the plural of kwashiorkor.

Meaning of kwashiorkor

Noun

kwashiorkor (countable and uncountable, plural kwashiorkors)

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

Questions about kwashiorkors

What is kwashiorkors the plural of?
Kwashiorkors is the plural of kwashiorkor.

Words near kwashiorkors in the dictionary

  1. Kwarteng
  2. Kwartengs
  3. kwashiorkor
  4. kwashiorkored
  5. kwashiorkoric
  6. kwashiorkors
  7. Kwasi
  8. Kwasnik
  9. Kwasniks
  10. Kwasny
  11. Kwasnys

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