marantic

Probably from Koine Greek μαραντικός (marantikós, “wasting away”), from the aorist stem of Ancient Greek μαραίνω (maraínō, “I waste away, wither”).

• IPA^(key): /məˈɹæn.tɪk/
• Rhymes: -æntɪk

marantic (comparative more marantic, superlative most marantic)

1. (medicine) Pertaining to, suffering from or marked by marasmus.

   Synonym: marasmic

• marantic endocarditis

• “marantic”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “marantic”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.