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emaciation|ɪˌmeɪʃɪˈeɪʃən|
[ad. L. ēmaciātiōn-em, f. ēmaciāre to emaciate.]
The action of emaciating; the process or state of being emaciated; abnormal leanness. Also fig.
1662J. Graunt Observ. Bills Mortality 24 Searchers..cannot tell whether this emaciation or leanness were from a Phthisis or from an Hectick Fever. 1793T. Beddoes Calcul. Cont. 13 Acids produce emaciation. 1834J. Forbes Laennec's Dis. Chest (ed. 4) 329 A girl..died..without any emaciation. 1872Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. lxix. 10 The emaciation which these exercises wrought. |