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

His disease was called by the physicians marasmus, a wasting away of the vital powers, a sort of consumption, not merely of the lungs, but of the stomach and every thing else.

From Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches by Various