Re: marasm

The word is French afaik. There is a large amount of dictionary-related
resources here:

http://www.supralingua.com/Internet/internet.html

The definition of marasm is at:

http://www.allwords.com/query.php?SearchType=0&Keyword=marasm&goquery=Find+it%21&Language=ENG&NLD=1&FRA=1&DEU=1&ITA=1&ESP=1&v=80937203

(cut & paste)


Quoted:

Marasmus (n.)
                             n.

                             1. A wasting of flesh without fever or
                             apparent disease; a kind of consumption;
                             atrophy; phthisis.

Peter

The current meaning of the word seems to be unrelated to physiology. Don't
ask me what phthisis is. Or how you pronounce it in English.

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