Marasmus
Marasmus noun - Extreme malnutrition and emaciation (especially in children); can result from inadequate intake of food or from malabsorption or metabolic disorders.
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- consumption and marasmus
- consumption and thinness
- withering and marasmus
- withering and thinness
- malnutrition and marasmus
- malnutrition and thinness
- starvation and marasmus
- starvation and thinness
- haggardness and marasmus
- haggardness and thinness
- gauntness and marasmus
- gauntness and thinness
- undernourishment and marasmus
- undernourishment and thinness
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Thinness and Marasmus. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/marasmus/thinness
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Thinness or Marasmus. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/marasmus/thinness.
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