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kwashiorkor

Portuguese, noun

kwashiorkor is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “kwashiorkor (malnutrition caused by protein deficiency)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “situação resultante da falta de proteínas na alimentação durante a infância”.

What does kwashiorkor mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinekwashiorkor (malnutrition caused by protein deficiency)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. situação resultante da falta de proteínas na alimentação durante a infância 2. também se designa por pelagra infantil ou subalimentação maligna

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

English words that translate to kwashiorkor

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.