Medical Definition of Marantic atrophy
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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.
Origin: NL, fr. Gr, fr, to quench, as fire; pass, to die away.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)
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