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
They found that those who had survived marasmus ate differently from those who had survived kwashiorkor.
From Economist • Nov. 11, 2010
Thus, in consequence of having followed imprudent advice, our amiable Louise was led to the terrible condition of marasmus, and sank when scarcely eighteen years old, to sleep forever.
From The Physiology of Taste by Robinson, Fayette
