EMACIATION

bonyness, boniness, emaciation, gauntness, maceration

(noun) extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

emaciation (countable and uncountable, plural emaciations)

The act of making very lean.

The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.

Source: Wiktionary


E*ma`ci*a"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. Ă©maciation.]

1. The act of making very lean.

2. The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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LEAVE

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