athreptic
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athreptic
An obsolete adjective referring to athrepsia, see there; malnourished; marantic.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
athrepsia
, athrepsy (a-threp'se-a) (-se) [ ¹an- + Gr. threpsis, nourishment] Marasmus.athreptic (-threp'tik), adjectiveMedical Dictionary, © 2009 Farlex and Partners