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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ma·ras·mus /məˈræzməs/
 消瘦,衰弱

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 ma·ras·mus /məˈræzməs/ 名詞
 消瘦,消耗

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 ma·ras·mus n.  Med. A wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a kind of consumption; atrophy; phthisis.
 Pining atrophy,
 Marasmus, and wide-wasting pestilence.   --Milton.
 Marasmus senilis , progressive atrophy of the aged.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 marasmus
      n : extreme malnutrition and emaciation (especially in
          children); can result from inadequate intake of food or
          from malabsorption or metabolic disorders