| Pronunciation: | | i`meyshee'eyshun
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[n] extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) |
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EMACIATION is a 10 letter word that starts with E. |
| | Synonyms: | | bonyness, gauntness, maceration |
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| | See Also: | | leanness, thinness |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \E*ma`ci*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]maciation.]
1. The act of making very lean.
2. The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive
leanness; an excessively lean condition.
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