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kwashiorkor

/ˌkwɑʃiˈɔɹkɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables
kwash-iorkor
IPA
/ˌkwɑʃiˈɔɹkɚ/
25
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Ga kwašiɔkɔ, kwàṣìɔkɔ́ (“the sickness the older child gets when the next baby is born”).

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌkwɑʃiˈɔɹkɚ/
  • British English: /kwɒʃiˈɔːkɔː/

Usage

Inflected Forms

kwashiorkors (plural)

Derived Forms

kwashiorkored kwashiorkoric

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce kwashiorkor?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌkwɑʃiˈɔɹkɚ/.
What does kwashiorkor mean?
A form of malnutrition, found in children, caused by dietary insufficiency of protein in combination with a high-carbohydrate diet.
Where does kwashiorkor come from?
From Ga kwašiɔkɔ, kwàṣìɔkɔ́ (“the sickness the older child gets when the next baby is born”).

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