KWASHIORKOR

Meaning of KWASHIORKOR in English

n. disease which occurs mainly in children and is caused by severe malnutrition (characterized by lethargy, retarded growth, anemia, etc.)

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

KWASHIORKOR — noun Etymology: Ga (Kwa language of coastal Ghana) kwàṣìɔkɔ́ influence a child is said to be under when a second …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
KWASHIORKOR — Condition caused by severe protein deficiency. It is common in tropical and subtropical regions in young children weaned on a …
Английский словарь Британика
KWASHIORKOR — |kwäshē|ȯrkər, -ēˌȯr|kȯ(ə)r noun ( -s ) Etymology: native name in Ghana : severe malnutrition in infants and children that is …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KWASHIORKOR — /kwah'shee awr"kawr, -keuhr/ , n. Pathol. a malnutrition disease, chiefly of children, caused by severe protein and vitamin deficiency and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KWASHIORKOR — noun Etymology: Ga (Kwa language of coastal Ghana) kwàṣìɔkɔ́ influence a child is said to be under when a second …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KWASHIORKOR — [ ˌkwɒʃɪ'ɔ:kɔ: , ˌkwa- ] ■ noun malnutrition caused by protein deficiency. Origin 1930s: a local word in Ghana.
Concise Oxford English vocab
KWASHIORKOR — [kwash.i.or.kor] n [Ga (Kwa language of coastal Ghana) kwashioko influence a child is said to be under when a second …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
KWASHIORKOR — also called Protein Malnutrition, condition caused by severe protein deficiency. Protein malnutrition is most often encountered in tropical and subtropical …
Britannica English vocabulary
KWASHIORKOR — kwashiorkor BrE AmE ˌkwɒʃ i ˈɔːk ɔː ˌkwæʃ-, -ə AmE \ ˌkwɑːʃ i ˈɔːrk ə r -ɔːr
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
KWASHIORKOR — / ˌkwɒʃiˈɔːkɔː(r); ˌkwæʃ-; NAmE ˌkwɑːʃiˈɔːrkər/ noun [ U ] a dangerous form of malnutrition that is caused by not eating …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KWASHIORKOR — n. a form of malnutrition caused by a protein deficiency of diet, esp. in young children in the tropics. [native …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
KWASHIORKOR — n. a form of malnutrition caused by a protein deficiency of diet, esp. in young children in the tropics. [ …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
KWASHIORKOR — n. a form of malnutrition caused by a protein deficiency of diet, esp. in young children in the tropics. Etymology: …
Oxford English vocab
KWASHIORKOR — n. Condition caused by severe protein deficiency. It is common in tropical and subtropical regions in young children weaned on …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
KWASHIORKOR — The word kwashiorkor comes from the Ivory Coast. It means the deposed (no longer suckled) child. Kwashiorkor is a childhood …
English Dictionary of Medicine
KWASHIORKOR — квашиоркор, детская пеллагра
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
KWASHIORKOR — n. Pronunciation: ˌ kwä-sh ē - ' o ̇ r-k ə r, -o ̇ r- ' ko ̇ r Function: …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MALNUTRITION — Condition resulting from inadequate diet or from inability to absorb or metabolize nutrients. Food intake may be insufficient to supply …
Английский словарь Британика
PELLAGRA — pəˈlāgrə, -lag- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Italian, from pelle skin (from Latin pellis ) + -agra (as in podagra, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NUTRITION — the act or process by which living organisms absorb and utilize food substances. Food serves three major functions: it generates …
Britannica English vocabulary
MARASMUS — a form of protein-calorie malnutrition, chiefly occurring among very young children. It is characterized by growth retardation (in weight more …
Britannica English vocabulary
FATTY LIVER — abnormal accumulation of fat in the liver cells, usually as a result of chronic malnutrition. The particular substances the lack …
Britannica English vocabulary
CHILDHOOD DISEASES AND DISORDERS — any illness, impairment, or abnormal condition that affects primarily infants and children. There are a number of infectious illnesses that …
Britannica English vocabulary
STATISTICS: RWANDA
Britannica English vocabulary
STATISTICS: COMOROS
Britannica English vocabulary
MALNUTRITION — n. Condition resulting from inadequate diet or from inability to absorb or metabolize nutrients. Food intake may be insufficient to …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
VITAMIN DEFICIENCY — Synonyms and related words : Lombardy leprosy, anemia, ariboflavinosis, beriberi, cachexia, chlorosis, deficiency anemia, dermatitis, dietary deficiency, goiter, greensickness, keratomalacia, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SCURVY — Synonyms and related words : Lombardy leprosy, abject, abominable, anemia, ariboflavinosis, arrant, atrocious, awful, bad, base, base-minded, beastly, beggarly, beneath …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
RICKETS — Synonyms and related words : Lombardy leprosy, anemia, ariboflavinosis, beriberi, cachexia, chlorosis, deficiency anemia, dermatitis, goiter, greensickness, keratomalacia, kwashiorkor, maidism, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PELLAGRA — Synonyms and related words : Lombardy leprosy, anemia, ariboflavinosis, beriberi, cachexia, chlorosis, deficiency anemia, dermatitis, goiter, greensickness, keratomalacia, kwashiorkor, maidism, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
NIGHT BLINDNESS — Synonyms and related words : Lombardy leprosy, anemia, ariboflavinosis, beriberi, cachexia, chlorosis, day blindness, deficiency anemia, dermatitis, goiter, greensickness, hemeralopia, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MALNUTRITION — Synonyms and related words : Lombardy leprosy, anemia, ariboflavinosis, beriberi, cachexia, chlorosis, deficiency anemia, dermatitis, dietary deficiency, goiter, greensickness, keratomalacia, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary

Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed

← KWANZA KWELA→