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

The bodies of marasmus survivors seemed to demand more protein in their food.

From Economist • Nov. 11, 2010

The marasmus survivors tended to have had low birthweights.

From Economist • Nov. 11, 2010

He was suffering, in addition to his chronic bronchitis, from marasmus, a consumptive wasting away, arising from hereditary tendency, as well as from mental agony and the effects of irregular life.

From The Bront? Family, Vol. 2 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? by Leyland, Francis A.