marasmo

From Ancient Greek μᾰρασμός (mărasmós, “withering”), from μᾰραίνω (măraínō, “to waste, wither”).

• IPA^(key): /maˈrasmo/
• Rhymes: -asmo

marasmo (accusative singular marasmon, plural marasmoj, accusative plural marasmojn)

1. (pathology) marasmus

From Ancient Greek μᾰρασμός (mărasmós, “withering”), from μᾰραίνω (măraínō, “to waste, wither”).

• IPA^(key): /maˈrasmo/

marasmo (plural marasmi)

1. (pathology) marasmus

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μᾰρασμός (mărasmós, “withering”), from μᾰραίνω (măraínō, “to waste, wither”).

• Hyphenation: ma‧ras‧mo

marasmo m (plural marasmos)

1. (pathology) marasmus (any wasting disease)
2. (pathology) apathy (lack of emotion or motivation)
3. stagnation (lack of improvement or change)

From Ancient Greek μᾰρασμός (mărasmós, “withering”), from μᾰραίνω (măraínō, “to waste, wither”).

• IPA^(key): /maˈɾasmo/ [maˈɾaz.mo]
• Rhymes: -asmo
• Syllabification: ma‧ras‧mo

marasmo m (plural marasmos)

1. (pathology) marasmus
2. apathy
3. stagnation

• “marasmo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024