Ma‐ras″mus (?), n.(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, progressive atrophy of the aged.
Webster's Dictionary 1913
Ma‐ras″mus (?), n.(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, progressive atrophy of the aged.