Category: K
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Krafft-Ebing, Richard von (1840-1903)
Neuropsychiatrist and student of sexual pathology, remembered for his now classic Psychopathia Sexualis, a pioneering study of sexual aberrations, published in 1886.
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Kraepelin, Emil (1885-1926)
German psychiatrist who developed an extensive systematic classification of mental illnesses. One of the first to delineate the concept of dementia praecox or schizophrenia.
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Kliiver-Bucy syndrome
A syndrome following bilateral temporal lobe removal consisting of loss of recognition of people, loss of fear, rage reactions, hypersexuality, excessive oral behavior, memory defect, and overreaction to visual stimuli.
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Kwashiorkor
An acute form of protein-calorie malnutrition. A protein deficiency disease of children characterized by edema, changes in the health of the hair and skin, growth failure, and apathy, marasmus. Malnutrition of small children, mostly in tropical countries, causing anaemia, wasting of the body and swollen liver. A condition in children resulting from deficiency of food…
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Kurtosis
Degree of peakedness.
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Knead
To press, stretch and fold dough or similar mixture to make it smooth. Kneading should make bread elastic and fondant smooth and glossy. The process of utilizing the palms and heels of one’s hands to work and manipulate a given substance, gradually turning over a small portion of it after each outward push, is commonly…
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Kinesthetic
Refers to a sense of feel by the mouth or fingers. Pertaining to, and relating to, sensations derived from muscles or movement. Referring to the sense of body motion, often employed in multisensory approaches to learning, such as vakt, for children with learning disabilities.
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Kabob
Cubes of meat cooked with vegetables usually on a skewer.
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Kwashiorkor (from the Ga language of West Africa)
A disease which occurs frequently in young (weanling) children in some developing countries where weaning foods are of poor quality, and is characterised by oedema (swelling due to extracellular fluid accumulation), failure to thrive, abnormal hair appearance (dyspigmentation), often enlarged liver and increased mortality risk. Associated especially with poor diets that are low in protein…
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Krebs cycle
Or citric acid cycle, a central pathway for the metabolism of fats, carbohydrates, and amino acids. A series of chemical reactions occurring in the mitochondria, during which energy is produced from metabolism of carbohydrates, fats and amino acids and the complete oxidation of acetyl CoA is accomplished. Aseries of eight chemical reactions that begins and…