单词 | marasmic |
释义 | marasmicadj.n. Medicine. Relating to or resulting from marasmus; affected with marasmus. Also as n.: a person affected with marasmus. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > wasting disease > [adjective] pinedOE dwined?a1366 tabefactc1425 consumptive1648 languishing1683 dwining1718 marasmoid1857 marasmous1857 marasmic1876 marantic1881 abiotrophic1902 1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 582 Emaciation and a series of marasmic conditions set in. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 587 She became progressively marasmic. 1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 13 June 3 An old man lies dying.., a dying child, marasmic, in his arms. 1975 Nature 13 Nov. 114/1 However, the marasmics were more stunted in height than the children with kwashiorkor. 1995 Observer 12 Mar. 15/1 Concerned doctors refer to the suffering babies as marasmic, a medical term used to explain the withering or wasting away of the human body. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1876 |
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