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marasmus

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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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On this page you'll find 16 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to marasmus, such as: anorexia, atrophy, attenuation, boniness, consumption, and malnutrition.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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