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marasmus

/muh-raz-muhs/US // məˈræz məs //UK // (məˈræzməs) //

沼泽症,沼泽地,沼气,沼泽病

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Pathology.

    • : malnutrition occurring in infants and young children, caused by insufficient intake of calories or protein and characterized by thinness, dry skin, poor muscle development, and irritability.

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Examples

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

  • "Marasmus," a physician had once murmured, wondering that so well dressed a child should appear so ill nourished.

  • The proof that the absence of secretin is characteristic of diabetes or of marasmus is not yet available.

  • Marantic thrombi are those whose origin is attributable to that enfeebled condition of the body known as marasmus.

  • The nation, as it were, sickened in a marasmus of intellectual inbreeding.