Ma-rā'smus, n.

n. [N. Lat., Gr. μαρασμός, from μαραίνειν, to put out or quench, as fire (in the passive) to die away, waste away, decay; It. & Sp. marasmo, Fr. marasme.] (Med.) A wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a kind of consumption; atrophy; phthisis.

Pining atrophy, Marasmus, and wide-wasting pestilence. Shak.

Marasmus senilis (Med.), progressive atrophy of the aged. Dunglison.