\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.