Marasmus

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A progressive wasting of the body, occurring chiefly in young children and associated with insufficient intake or malabsorption of food.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any wasting disease, especially a severe loss of body weight, in children, caused by malnutrition or the inability to digest protein
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a kind of consumption; atrophy; phthisis.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In pathology, a wasting of the flesh.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. extreme malnutrition and emaciation (especially in children); can result from inadequate intake of food or from malabsorption or metabolic disorders
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    malnutrition   
    Cross Reference
    marasmus senilis   
    Form
    marasmic    marantic    marasmoid   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    atrophy    phthisis   
     
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