Associations to the word «Emaciation»

Wiktionary

EMACIATION, noun. The act of making very lean.
EMACIATION, noun. The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.

Dictionary definition

EMACIATION, noun. Extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease).

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.