marasmus

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Sinonieme

tabefaction

nutritional marasmus

dry malnutrition

Vertalings

marasmo

marasme

marasmo

Marasmus

marasma

marasmus

هزال تدريجي

marasmo nutricional

هزال عام

سغل

دنف

marasme nutritionnel

marasmo

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/məˈɹæz.məs/

Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from Late Latin marasmus, from Ancient Greek μᾰρᾰσμός (mărăsmós, “withering”, noun).