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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. 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 Etym: [L.], progressive atrophy of the aged.
  4. A wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a kind ofconsumption; atrophy; phthisis.Pining atrophy, Marasmus, and wide-wasting pestilence. Milton.Marasmus senilis Etym: [L.], progressive atrophy of the aged.
  5. n. extreme malnutrition and emaciation (especially in children); can result from inadequate intake of food or from malabsorption or metabolic disorders