emaciation

[ ih-mey-shee-ey-shuh n, -see- ]

/ ɪˌmeɪ ʃiˈeɪ ʃən, -si- /

abnormal thinness caused by lack of nutrition or by disease.

the process of emaciating.

Origin of emaciation

1655–65; < Latin ēmaciāt(us) (see emaciate) + -ion

em pica, em quad, em-, emaciate, emaciated, emaciation, emacs, emagram, email, emalangeni, emanant

The few rags that covered them only served to emphasize the emaciation of their bodies and limbs.

A Voyage with Captain Dynamite |Charles Edward Rich
They are brought to a certain point of dilapidation; they are reduced to pallor, debility, and emaciation.

Shirley |Charlotte Bront
There is but little appearance of emaciation, except in cases where it has been present before the attack.

A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I |Various
Not the thinness of emaciation, but that of bodily structure.

The Galaxy Primes |Edward Elmer Smith

Sickness, especially one in which the only symptoms are emaciation and debility, are attributed to their noxious influence.

The Manbos of Mindano |John M. Garvan

emaciation

[ ĭ-mā′shē-ā′shən ]

The process of losing so much flesh as to become extremely thin; wasting.