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Marasmus
Meaning
Noun
●
In Medicine:
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.
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