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
Symptoms normally manifest themselves in one of two ways, known as marasmus and kwashiorkor.
From Economist • Nov. 11, 2010
His disease was called by the physicians marasmus, a wasting away of the vital powers, a sort of consumption, not merely of the lungs, but of the stomach and every thing else.
From Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches by Various
