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
One significant difference between the two syndromes is that children with marasmus are twice as likely to survive malnutrition as those with kwashiorkor.
From Economist • Nov. 11, 2010
An inability to do that is the price paid for protection from famine by those predisposed to marasmus.
From Economist • Nov. 11, 2010
She's suffering from marasmus, provoked by overdoses of the pernicious stuff that is given by ignorant and unscrupulous people to a restless child to keep it quiet.
From The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill by Caine, Hall, Sir
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