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

One significant difference between the two syndromes is that children with marasmus are twice as likely to survive malnutrition as those with kwashiorkor.

From Economist • Nov. 11, 2010

They found that those who had survived marasmus ate differently from those who had survived kwashiorkor.

From Economist • Nov. 11, 2010

There are no special constitutional symptoms, the fatal cases usually dying of marasmus.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman