'Emaciation' definitions:
Definition of 'emaciation'
(from WordNet)
noun
Extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) [syn: bonyness, boniness, emaciation, gauntness, maceration]
Definition of 'Emaciation'
From: GCIDE
- Emaciation \E*ma`ci*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]maciation.]
- 1. The act of making very lean. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition. [1913 Webster]