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marasmus
[ muh-raz-muhs ]
noun
- malnutrition occurring in infants and young children, caused by insufficient intake of calories or protein and characterized by thinness, dry skin, poor muscle development, and irritability.
marasmus
/ məˈræzməs /
noun
- pathol general emaciation and wasting, esp of infants, thought to be associated with severe malnutrition or impaired utilization of nutrients
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Derived Forms
- maˈrasmic, adjective
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Other Words From
- ma·rasmic adjective
- ma·rasmoid adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of marasmus1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of marasmus1
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Example Sentences
There are no special constitutional symptoms, the fatal cases usually dying of marasmus.
"Marasmus," a physician had once murmured, wondering that so well dressed a child should appear so ill nourished.
The proof that the absence of secretin is characteristic of diabetes or of marasmus is not yet available.
Marantic thrombi are those whose origin is attributable to that enfeebled condition of the body known as marasmus.
The nation, as it were, sickened in a marasmus of intellectual inbreeding.
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