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词汇 marasmus
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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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