marasmus

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The coroner blamed her death on a form of malnutrition called marasmus.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 29, 2023

The daughter of Horatio Nelson Cook and Edith Scooffy Cook, she died of marasmus — a form of severe undernourishment — on Oct.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2017

An inability to do that is the price paid for protection from famine by those predisposed to marasmus.

From Economist • Nov. 11, 2010

The marasmus survivors tended to have had low birthweights.

From Economist • Nov. 11, 2010

The neighboring lymphatic gland may become implicated, pains of a burning or neuralgic type are experienced, and from septicæmia, marasmus, or involvement of vital parts, death eventually ensues.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman