marasmus

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Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin marasmus, from Ancient Greek μᾰρᾰσμός (marasmós, withering, noun).

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Noun

marasmus (countable and uncountable, plural marasmuses)

  1. (medicine) A condition of chronic undernourishment especially in children, caused by a diet deficient in calories or the inability to digest protein and presenting as a severe loss of body weight.
    Hyponym: marasmus senilis
    • 2015, Angus Deaton, “4 Health in the Modern World”, in The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality, page 163:
      Indian children are still among the skinniest and shortest on the planet, but they are taller and plumper than were their parents or grandparents, and the signs of gross hunger, such as marasmus, are now rarely seen in nutritional surveys.

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μᾰρᾰσμός (marasmós, withering, noun), related to μᾰραίνω (maraínō, to quench; to waste, wither).

Pronunciation

Noun

marasmus m (genitive marasmī); second declension (Late Latin)

  1. (medicine) marasmus

Inflection

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative marasmus marasmī
genitive marasmī marasmōrum
dative marasmō marasmīs
accusative marasmum marasmōs
ablative marasmō marasmīs
vocative marasme marasmī

Descendants

  • English: marasmus