athrepsia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Profound debility of children due to lack of food and to unhygienic surroundings.

Word forms

athrepsia

Etymology

From a- + Ancient Greek θρέψις (thrépsis, “nourishing”) (from τρέφω (tréphō)) + -ia.

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