marasmus : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: marasmus	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for marasmus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
marasmus n extreme malnutrition and emaciation (especially in children); can result from inadequate intake of food or from malabsorption or metabolic disorders
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Marasmus \Maras"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. Pining atrophy, Marasmus, and wide-wasting pestilence. --Milton. {Marasmus* senilis} [L.], progressive atrophy of the aged.