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emaciations

 [ih-mey-shee-ey-shuhn, -see-]   Origin

e·ma·ci·a·tion

   [ih-mey-shee-ey-shuhn, -see-]
noun
1.
abnormal thinness caused by lack of nutrition or by disease.
2.
the process of emaciating.
Origin:
1655–65; < Latin ēmaciāt(us) (see emaciate) + -ion
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emaciation
1660s, from L. emaciationem, from emaciare (see emaciate).
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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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