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| kwa·shi·or·kor [ kwshee áwr kàwr ] |
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severe child malnutrition: malnutrition in children caused by inadequate intake of protein, common in impoverished African children weaned onto a cornmeal diet
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| [Mid-20th century. < a name in Ghana, "red boy"; from the symptomatic reddening of the hair] |
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