"marasmus" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /məˈɹæz.məs/ Forms: marasmuses [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin marasmus, from Ancient Greek μᾰρᾰσμός (marasmós, “withering”, noun). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|LL.|marasmus}} Late Latin marasmus, {{bor|en|grc|μᾰρᾰσμός|pos=noun|t=withering}} Ancient Greek μᾰρᾰσμός (marasmós, “withering”, noun) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} marasmus (countable and uncountable, plural marasmuses)
  1. (medicine) A condition of chronic undernourishment especially in children, caused by a diet deficient in calories or the inability to digest protein and presenting as a severe loss of body weight. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine Derived forms: marasmic, marasmoid Related terms: marantic, marasmatic Translations (Translations): 消瘦 (xiāoshòu) (Chinese Mandarin), marasmo (Esperanto), subnutrado (Esperanto), marasmi (Finnish), marasme [masculine] (French), მარაზმი (marazmi) (Georgian), Marasmus [masculine] (German), marasmo (Ido), marasma [masculine] (Italian), マラスムス (marasumasu) (Japanese), marasmo [masculine] (Portuguese), мара́зм (marázm) [masculine] (Russian), marasmo [masculine] (Spanish), marasm [common-gender] (Swedish), avtynande (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-marasmus-en-noun-1Adnqgeu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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