adjective
MedicineSee marasmus
‘Most patients continued to lose weight, and marasmic malnutrition continued despite the provision of adequate calories and protein through the feeding tube.’
- ‘The young woman was clearly visible from the consulting room window, her emaciated frame draped in the tattered remnants of a sari, with a marasmic toddler balanced on her hip.’
- ‘The child is apathetic and does not cry often, unlike the anxious marasmic child.’
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