資料來源 : pyDict
消瘦,衰弱
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Marasmus \Ma*ras"mus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ?, to quench, as
fire; pass., to die away.] (Med.)
A wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a kind
of consumption; atrophy; phthisis.
Pining atrophy, Marasmus, and wide-wasting pestilence.
--Milton.
{Marasmus senilis} [L.], progressive atrophy of the aged.
資料來源 : WordNet®
marasmus
n : extreme malnutrition and emaciation (especially in
children); can result from inadequate intake of food or
from malabsorption or metabolic disorders