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View synonyms for emaciation

emaciation

[ ih-mey-shee-ey-shuhn, -see- ]

noun

  1. abnormal thinness caused by lack of nutrition or by disease.
  2. the process of emaciating.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of emaciation1

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

Indeed, the uphill trend is partially responsible for the emaciation of all-mountain skis.

The sign says that it produced “extreme emaciation and a slow, agonising death.”

Her face, notwithstanding its emaciation, reminded him of Latta, the wife of his friend and fellow-countryman Schmidt.

Its muscles were strangely contracted, the fingers thin to emaciation, the back of the hand closely puckered up.

Her face had grown thin to emaciation, and there were deep blue lines under her eyes.

The emaciation of his long form was plainly seen through the single scarlet blanket which covered it.

The arms and legs of the child showed a contraction and emaciation which could only result from illness.

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