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e⋅ma⋅ci⋅a⋅tion

  [i-mey-shee-ey-shuhn, -see-]
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–noun
1. abnormal thinness caused by lack of nutrition or by disease.
2. the process of emaciating.
Origin:
1655–65; < L ēmaciāt(us) (see emaciate ) + -ion
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e·ma·ci·ate   (ĭ-mā'shē-āt')   
tr. & intr.v.   e·ma·ci·at·ed, e·ma·ci·at·ing, e·ma·ci·ates
To make or become extremely thin, especially as a result of starvation.

[Latin ēmaciāre, ēmaciāt- : ē-, ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + maciāre, to make thin; see māk- in Indo-European roots.]
e·ma'ci·a'tion n.
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Emaciation

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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Main Entry: ema·ci·a·tion
Pronunciation: i-"mA-s(h)E-'A-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : the process of making or becoming emaciated
2 : the state of being emaciated; especially : a wasted condition of the body
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emaciation e·ma·ci·a·tion (ĭ-mā'shē-ā'shən)
n.
The process of losing so much flesh as to become extremely thin; wasting.

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