Term Name: | marasmus |
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Synonyms: | Nutritional atrophy, Nutritional marasmus |
Definition: | A protein-energy malnutrition that is characterized by severe caloric deprivation, has_symptom emaciation, decreased height and weight gain, and decreased metabolism with hypothermia, bradycardia, and constipation, and has_material_basis_in severe caloric deprivation. |
Ontology: | Human Disease [DOID:12328] ( DOID:12328 ) |