marasmus senilis

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English

Etymology

From Latin.

Noun

marasmus senilis (uncountable)

  1. (dated) progressive atrophy of the aged
    • 1901, “An Epitome Of Current Medical Literature”, in The British Medical Journal 1‎:
      Five died from tuberculosis, 2 of pneumonia, 2 of carcinoma, and 1 each of marasmus senilis, hepatic cirrhosis, and pyelonephritis.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “marasmus senilis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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