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
They found that those who had survived marasmus ate differently from those who had survived kwashiorkor.
From Economist • Nov. 11, 2010
The marasmus survivors tended to have had low birthweights.
From Economist • Nov. 11, 2010
Marantic thrombi are those whose origin is attributable to that enfeebled condition of the body known as marasmus.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
