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
The marasmus survivors tended to have had low birthweights.
From Economist ● Nov. 11, 2010
It is affected with incurable marasmus, because its foundations are laid in error.
From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Auguste Forel
