Emaciation

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Emaciation \E*ma`ci*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]maciation.]
     1. The act of making very lean.
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     2. The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive
        leanness; an excessively lean condition.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  emaciation
       n : extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)
           [syn: {bonyness}, {gauntness}, {maceration}]