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Definition of "marasmus" []

  • A progressive wasting of the body, occurring chiefly in young children and associated with insufficient intake or malabsorption of food. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "marasmus" in a sentence
  • "He had got something which Mrs. Nevill Tyson had never heard of -- "marasmus," the doctor called it."
  • "In rural areas, lack of proper nutrition can lead to common diseases such as marasmus, leading to chronic weight loss, and kwashiorkor, resulting from a lack of protein which leads to dangerous swelling of the feet and legs."
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