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
- 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
- emaciations
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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