marasmus
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The coroner blamed her death on a form of malnutrition called marasmus.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2023
The daughter of Horatio Nelson Cook and Edith Scooffy Cook, she died of marasmus — a form of severe undernourishment — on Oct.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2017
An inability to do that is the price paid for protection from famine by those predisposed to marasmus.
From Economist ● Nov. 11, 2010
The marasmus survivors tended to have had low birthweights.
From Economist ● Nov. 11, 2010
It is claimed that heated milk causes such diseases as rickets, scurvy and marasmus in children.
From Outlines of dairy bacteriology A concise manual for the use of students in dairying by Edwin George Hastings
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