Emaciation
[ɪ,meʃɪ'eʃən]
Definition
(n.) The act of making very lean.
(n.) The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Leanness, lankness, meagreness, TABES, TABEFACTION.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Leanness, attenuation, wasting
ANT:Fatness, obesity, corpulence
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Examples
- Yet this emaciation seemed to be his natural habit, and due to no disease, for his eye was bright, his step brisk, and his bearing assured. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- They are brought to a certain point of dilapidation; they are reduced to pallor, debility, and emaciation. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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