'marasmus' definitions:
Definition of 'marasmus'
(from WordNet)
noun
Extreme malnutrition and emaciation (especially in children); can result from inadequate intake of food or from malabsorption or metabolic disorders
Definition of 'marasmus'
From: GCIDE
- marasmus \ma*ras"mus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ?, to quench, as fire; pass., to die away.] (Med.) A wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a kind of consumption; atrophy; phthisis. [1913 Webster]
- Pining atrophy, Marasmus, and wide-wasting pestilence. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Marasmus senilis [L.], progressive atrophy of the aged. [1913 Webster] Marathi