ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Emaciation

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Emaciation is a noun meaning The act of making very lean.

Meaning

The act of making very lean.

More Meanings

  1. The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.

Example Sentences

In youth he must have been singularly handsome, but years and care had left their vestiges on his noble features, which were thin even to emaciation.

Word Forms

Synonyms for emaciation

Depending on context, synonyms include maceration, boniness, gauntness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gauntness, boniness, maceration, symptosis, wasting, macilence.

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