marasmus
n. உடல்கரைவு.
Ma*ras"mus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) Defn: 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 Etym: [L.], progressive atrophy of the aged.