(dated, US) A supposed disease of children causing weight loss and lack of growth.
The scales are not yet asked to give a casting vote, but the gap between the growth which mother wants and that which baby yields seems to widen, and the reason becomes more and more mysterious until some wiser dame whispers the dreaded …
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