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A wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a kind of consumption; atrophy; phthisis.

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  1. n. A wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a kind of consumption; atrophy; phthisis.
  2. n. extreme malnutrition and emaciation (especially in children); can result from inadequate intake of food or from malabsorption or metabolic disorders
  3. n. extreme malnutrition and emaciation (especially in children); can result from inadequate intake of food or from malabsorption or metabolic disorders