Usually means: Severe malnutrition causing muscle wasting.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. marasmic: Merriam-Webster
  2. marasmic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. marasmic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. marasmic: Wordnik
  5. marasmic: Wiktionary
  6. marasmic: Dictionary.com
  7. Marasmic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. marasmic: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. marasmic: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. marasmic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. marasmic: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (marasmic)

▸ adjective:  Relating to, or suffering from marasmus
▸ noun:  A person suffering from a marasmus

Similar:
marantic, maricultural, marialitic, amyostatic, malnutritional, maraboutic, melasmic, mastitic, malarious, sarcomatoid, more...

Opposite:
thriving, healthy, robust, flourishing

Types:
cachectic, emaciated, gaunt, wan, more...

Phrases:
marasmic kwashiorkor, more...

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Similar:
marantic, maricultural, marialitic, amyostatic, malnutritional, maraboutic, melasmic, mastitic, malarious, sarcomatoid, more...

Opposite:
thriving, healthy, robust, flourishing

Types:
cachectic, emaciated, gaunt, wan, more...

Phrases:
marasmic kwashiorkor, more...



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