Kwashiorkor designates a specific type of malnutrition -- that of not getting nearly enough protein. Although kwashiorkor is very rare in Americans, up to half of the nationâs elderly population may be at risk for it.
conferee. 1  a person on whom something is conferred, especially the recipient of an academic degree. 2  a person, group, etc., that confers or takes part in a conference.
afferent - a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system. afferent nerve, sensory nerve. dorsal horn, dorsal root - one of the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes dorsally to the spinal cord and that consists of sensory fibers. afferent neuron, sensory neuron - a neuron conducting impulses inwards to the brain or spinal cord. nerve, nervus - any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body. afferent fiber, sensory fiber - a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the central nervous system.