Term: marasmus: extreme malnutrition and emaciation (especially in children); can result from inadequate intake of food or from malabsorption or metabolic disorders
Candidate hypernym: malnutrition: a state of poor nutrition; can result from insufficient or excessive or unbalanced diet or from inability to absorb foods → 1
Candidate hypernym: alkyd: a durable synthetic resin widely used in adhesives and paints → 0
Candidate hypernym: proteaceae: large family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers; constitutes the order Proteales → 0
Candidate hypernym: reliever: a pitcher who does not start the game → 0
Candidate hypernym: lamprey: primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue → 0
Candidate hypernym: weakening: becoming weaker → 0
Candidate hypernym: reshuffle: a redistribution of something → 0
Candidate hypernym: osteomyelitis: an inflammation of bone and bone marrow (usually caused by bacterial infection) → 0
Candidate hypernym: junker: member of the Prussian aristocracy noted especially for militarism → 0
Candidate hypernym: candelilla: wax-coated Mexican shrub related to Euphorbia antisyphilitica → 0
Candidate hypernym: hypervitaminosis: an abnormal condition resulting from taking vitamins excessively; can be serious for vitamins A or D or K → 0