- a malnutrition disease, chiefly of children, caused by severe protein and vitamin deficiency and characterized by retarded growth, changes in pigmentation, potbelly, and anemia.
- severe malnutrition of infants and young children, esp soon after weaning, resulting from dietary deficiency of protein
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