English Dictionary

marasmus

IPA（発音記号）

/məˈɹæz.məs/

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(medicine) A condition of chronic undernourishment especially in children, caused by a diet deficient in calories or the inability to digest protein and presenting as a severe loss of body weight.

日本語の意味

慢性栄養失調の状態、特に子供に見られる、十分なカロリーやタンパク質の摂取・消化ができずに極端な体重減少を引き起こす病態

In the refugee camp, several children were diagnosed with marasmus after months of inadequate food and recurrent infections.

難民キャンプでは、数人の子どもが何か月にもわたる食糧不足と再発する感染症の結果、重度のたんぱく質・カロリー不足による栄養失調と診断されました。

意味（1）

(medicine) A condition of chronic undernourishment especially in children, caused by a diet deficient in calories or the inability to digest protein and presenting as a severe loss of body weight.

Indian children are still among the skinniest and shortest on the planet, but they are taller and plumper than were their parents or grandparents, and the signs of gross hunger, such as marasmus, are now rarely seen in nutritional surveys.

marasmuses （ plural ）