marasmus
Meaning of marasmus
noun
undernourishment causing a child's weight to be significantly low for their age.
mid 17th century: modern Latin, from Greek marasmos ‘withering’, from marainein ‘wither’.
Information about marasmus
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Hyphenation of marasmus
maras-mus
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- marasmus is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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