emaciatedadjective
uk/iˈmeɪ.si.eɪ.tɪd/us/iˈmeɪ.si.eɪ.t̬ɪd/formalvery thin and weak, usually because of illness or extreme hunger:
There were pictures of emaciated children on the cover of the magazine.
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Animal physiology: thin or slender (of people)
- anorexic
- bag of bones
- be skin and bone(s) idiom
- elfin
- hatchet-faced
- lissome
- lithe
- pinched
- rangy
- scrawny
- skinny
- slenderize
- slight
- spare
- spindly
- sylphlike
- trim
- underweight
- waif-like
- wiry
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Not fit & healthy
emaciation
noun [ U ] uk/iˌmeɪ.siˈeɪ.ʃən/us/iˌmeɪ.siˈeɪ.ʃən/