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MARASMUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extreme malnutrition and emaciation (especially in children); can result from inadequate intake of food or from malabsorption or metabolic disorders
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("marasmus" is a kind of...):
malnutrition (a state of poor nutrition; can result from insufficient or excessive or unbalanced diet or from inability to absorb foods)
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