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

The defence commonly set up is that the child died either of marasmus or of tuberculosis.

From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Robertson, W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison )