Definition of marasmus in English:

marasmus

noun məˈrazməsməˈræzməs

mass nounMedicine

Undernourishment causing a child's weight to be significantly low for their age.
〔医〕（儿童）重度消瘦型营养不良，（儿童）消瘦症
Example sentencesExamples
- HIV infection predisposes children to develop severe malnutrition, although this is more commonly manifest as marasmus than kwashiorkor.
- Clinical impression of wasting of musculature of the limbs, but not severe enough to describe the child as suffering from marasmus was classified as emaciation.
- Cases of marasmus, which causes children to waste away, increased more than 50-fold.
- Prevalence of clinical protein energy malnutrition in the form of marasmus was found in 6 children, while Kwashiorkor was not recorded.
- Patients with marasmus present with severe weight loss and wasting of both muscle and adipose tissue.

Derivatives

marasmic

adjective məˈrazmɪkməˈræzmɪk

Medicine

Most patients continued to lose weight, and marasmic malnutrition continued despite the provision of adequate calories and protein through the feeding tube.
Example sentencesExamples
- The child is apathetic and does not cry often, unlike the anxious marasmic child.
- 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.

Origin

Mid 17th century: modern Latin, from Greek marasmos 'withering', from marainein 'wither'.

Definition of marasmus in US English:

marasmus

nounməˈræzməsməˈrazməs

Medicine

Severe undernourishment causing an infant's or child's weight to be significantly low for their age (e.g., below 60 percent of normal).
〔医〕（儿童）重度消瘦型营养不良，（儿童）消瘦症
Example sentencesExamples
- Cases of marasmus, which causes children to waste away, increased more than 50-fold.
- Clinical impression of wasting of musculature of the limbs, but not severe enough to describe the child as suffering from marasmus was classified as emaciation.
- Prevalence of clinical protein energy malnutrition in the form of marasmus was found in 6 children, while Kwashiorkor was not recorded.
- Patients with marasmus present with severe weight loss and wasting of both muscle and adipose tissue.
- HIV infection predisposes children to develop severe malnutrition, although this is more commonly manifest as marasmus than kwashiorkor.

Origin

Mid 17th century: modern Latin, from Greek marasmos ‘withering’, from marainein ‘wither’.

词汇	marasmus
释义	Definition of marasmus in English: marasmus noun məˈrazməsməˈræzməs mass nounMedicine Undernourishment causing a child's weight to be significantly low for their age. 〔医〕（儿童）重度消瘦型营养不良，（儿童）消瘦症 Example sentencesExamples HIV infection predisposes children to develop severe malnutrition, although this is more commonly manifest as marasmus than kwashiorkor. Clinical impression of wasting of musculature of the limbs, but not severe enough to describe the child as suffering from marasmus was classified as emaciation. Cases of marasmus, which causes children to waste away, increased more than 50-fold. Prevalence of clinical protein energy malnutrition in the form of marasmus was found in 6 children, while Kwashiorkor was not recorded. Patients with marasmus present with severe weight loss and wasting of both muscle and adipose tissue. Derivatives marasmic adjective məˈrazmɪkməˈræzmɪk Medicine Most patients continued to lose weight, and marasmic malnutrition continued despite the provision of adequate calories and protein through the feeding tube. Example sentencesExamples The child is apathetic and does not cry often, unlike the anxious marasmic child. 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. Origin Mid 17th century: modern Latin, from Greek marasmos 'withering', from marainein 'wither'. Definition of marasmus in US English: marasmus nounməˈræzməsməˈrazməs Medicine Severe undernourishment causing an infant's or child's weight to be significantly low for their age (e.g., below 60 percent of normal). 〔医〕（儿童）重度消瘦型营养不良，（儿童）消瘦症 Example sentencesExamples Cases of marasmus, which causes children to waste away, increased more than 50-fold. Clinical impression of wasting of musculature of the limbs, but not severe enough to describe the child as suffering from marasmus was classified as emaciation. Prevalence of clinical protein energy malnutrition in the form of marasmus was found in 6 children, while Kwashiorkor was not recorded. Patients with marasmus present with severe weight loss and wasting of both muscle and adipose tissue. HIV infection predisposes children to develop severe malnutrition, although this is more commonly manifest as marasmus than kwashiorkor. Origin Mid 17th century: modern Latin, from Greek marasmos ‘withering’, from marainein ‘wither’.
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