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marasmus

[muh-raz-muhs] / məˈræz məs /


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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

They found that those who had survived marasmus ate differently from those who had survived kwashiorkor.

From Economist • Nov. 11, 2010

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

Heaven keep the new-born infant from star-blasting and moon-blasting, from epilepsy, marasmus, and the devil!

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)




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