MARASMUS

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 I. (noun) 

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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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