Definition of Marasmos
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (medicine) any wasting disease, especially a severe loss of body weight, in children, caused by malnutrition or the inability to digest protein
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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