Noun: emaciation i,mey-shee'ey-shun or i,mey-see'ey-shun
- 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