Adjective: emaciated i'mey-shee,ey-tid or i'mey-see,ey-tid
- Very thin especially from disease, hunger or cold
"a nightmare population of emaciated men and skeletal boys";
- cadaverous, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted
- Grow weak and thin or waste away physically
"She emaciated during the chemotherapy"
- Cause to grow thin or weak
"The treatment emaciated him";
- waste, macerate
See also: lean, meager [N. Amer], meagre [Brit, Cdn], thin
Type of: change state, debilitate, drain, enfeeble, turn
Encyclopedia: Emaciated
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