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
Symptoms normally manifest themselves in one of two ways, known as marasmus and kwashiorkor.
From Economist • Nov. 11, 2010
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
He vomited material, sometimes alimentary, sometimes mucus, pus, or blood, and went into the last stage of marasmus.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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