marasmus
marasmus , noun
[New Latin, from Greek {not transcribed}, from {not transcribed}, to quench, as fire; pass., to die away.]
(Medicine) A wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a kind of consumption; atrophy; phthisis.
Pining atrophy,
Marasmus, and wide-wasting pestilence.
Collocations (1)
Marasmus senilis , progressive atrophy of the aged.