Hypertext Webster Gateway: "emaciation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Emaciation \E*ma`ci*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]maciation.]
1. The act of making very lean.
2. The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive
leanness; an excessively lean condition.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
emaciation
n : extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)
[syn: {bonyness}, {gauntness}, {maceration}]
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