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Marasmus (noun): A form of severe malnutrition characterized by energy deficiency
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- 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. Hyponym: marasmus senilis
- 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.
- Hyponym: marasmus senilis
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Kwashiorkor and marasmus differ in laboratory findings.
This kind of malnutrition is called marasmus.
Marasmus though did not differ significantly.
He is said to have dry malnutrition or marasmus.
The marasmus survivors tended to have had low birthweights.
Without exhaustion and extreme marasmus.
Kwashiorkor and marasmus are childhood disorders caused by lack of dietary protein.
Chronic infections such as tuberculosis may also lead to marasmus.
A certain marasmus towards the discussion about politics and public health was disturbing.
The cause of death was a wasting disease known at the time as marasmus.
Malnutrition related conditions like kwashiorkor and marasmus are also common causes of death.
Lipid kinetic differences between children with kwashiorkor and those with marasmus.
Children with features of both nutritional marasmus and kwashiorkor are diagnosed as having marasmic kwashiorkor.
The malnutrition is also visibly evident in town scores of cases of marasmus and kwashiorkor.
A child with severe marasmus and lungs grossly damaged by tuberculous infection obviously has poor prospects.
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The result is first growth faltering and then perhaps the slow development of nutritional marasmus.
Perhaps the most important precipitating causes of marasmus are infectious and parasitic diseases of childhood.
In Marasmus there may be obvious weight loss with muscle wasting.
Treatment procedures were similar for Marasmus and kwashiorkor.
In addition, cachexia or marasmus is also a medical condition targeted by this invention.
Filmer worked on the problem of Denmark Disease or enzootic marasmus.
The name comes from the Greek marasmus meaning wasting.
It can lead to problems of malnutrition, such as kwashiorkor and marasmus.
In addition, cachexia or marasmus is also a medical condition covered by this invention.
Its two clinical forms are Kwashiorkor and Marasmus.
Marasmus happens due to extreme energy deficiency, often from inadequate amounts of calories and protein.
There are two clinical presentations of severe malnutrition, kwashiorkor and marasmus.
Marasmus occurrence increases prior to age 1, whereas kwashiorkor occurrence increases after 18 months.
Sufficient calorie intake, but with insufficient protein consumption, distinguishes it from marasmus.
Marasmus ( dry malnutrition ) A condition caused by not eating enough.
Artificial feeding may contribute importantly in two ways to protein-energy malnutrition ( PEM ) including nutritional marasmus.
Marasmus ( ‘ to waste away ' ) is caused by an inadequate intake of protein and energy.
So, that creates a sort of marasmus.
It was 34 minutes of marasmus in Valencia.
Kwashiorkor, who knows what else . Malnutrition, suspect marasmus.
Checking the registry . Marasmus.
They just lit up their drive . Marasmus.
Alex: They just lit up their drive. Marasmus.
