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Noun: emaciation  i,mey-shee'ey-shun or i,mey-see'ey-shun
  1. Extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)
    "The prisoner's emaciation was evidence of the harsh conditions";
    - bonyness, boniness, gauntness, maceration [archaic]

Derived forms: emaciations

Type of: leanness, spareness, thinness

Encyclopedia: Emaciation