Definition of marasmus
ma`ras´mus
n.
1.
(Med.)
A
wasting
of
flesh
without
fever
or
apparent
disease
;
a
kind
of
consumption
;
atrophy
;
phthisis
.
Pining
atrophy
,
Marasmus
,
and
wide-wasting
pestilence
.
- Milton.
Marasmus senilis
progressive
atrophy
of
the
aged
.
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