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athrepsia (medicine)


athrepsia


1. Obsolete term for marasmus.

2. As used by Ehrlich, immunity to transplanted neoplastic cells due to a lack of nourishment in the sense of a deficiency of supposed substances required for the development of such cells.

Synonym: atrepsy.

Origin: G. A-priv. + threpsis, nourishment