MARASMUS


Meaning of MARASMUS in English

-_məs noun

( -es )

Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek marasmos, from marainein to waste away — more at smart

: progressive emaciation especially in the young because of malnutrition due chiefly to faulty assimilation and utilization of food

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