Ma*ras"mus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? ,
fr. ?, to quench, as fire; pass., to die away.] (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 [L.], progressive atrophy
of the aged.