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

The marasmus survivors tended to have had low birthweights.

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

All my babies have had marasmus in the first year of their lives and I almost lost my baby last summer.

From Woman and the New Race by Sanger, Margaret