k-words

the other day, mr. ben and i were talking about starvation in niger and i was like, oh man, what's that word for when the belly distends and the limbs have wasted away? and mr. ben was like, starvation? and i was like, nooooo, there's a word, a medical word, i learned it in bio 2 with mr miller ...

for several days i've tried to remember, refusing to look it up. and THIS MORNING this word floated into my head: kwashiorkor. no way could that be it, i thought. kwashiorkor? but google affirmed me. i even spelled it right.

thanks, mr miller!