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Marasmus

Marasmus Meaning & Definition
Marasmus Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Marasmus?

[n] extreme malnutrition and emaciation (especially in children); can result from inadequate intake of food or from malabsorption or metabolic disorders

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Marasmus In Webster's Dictionary

\Ma*ras"mus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ?, to quench, as fire; pass., to die away.] (Med.) A wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a kind of consumption; atrophy; phthisis. Pining atrophy, Marasmus, and wide-wasting pestilence. --Milton. {Marasmus senilis} [L.], progressive atrophy of the aged.

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