Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Wasting: same as
marasmic .
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- adjective medicine Pertaining to
marasmus .
Etymologies
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Probably from Hellenistic Greek μαραντικός (marantikos, "wasting away"), from the aorist stem of Ancient Greek μαραίνω (marainō, "I waste away, wither").
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