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emaciated

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e·ma·ci·ate  (-msh-t)
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 macire, macit- : -, ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + macire, to make thin; see mk- in Indo-European roots.]

e·maci·ation n.

emaciated [im-mace-ee-ate-id]
Adjective
extremely thin through illness or lack of food [Latin macer thin]
emaciation n
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Adj.1.emaciated - very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"
lean, thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare

emaciated
Translations
emaciated [ɪˈmeɪsɪeɪtɪd] adjescuálido

emaciated [ɪˈmeɪsɪeɪtɪd] adjémacié(e)décharné(e)

emaciated [ɪˈmeɪsɪeɪtɪd] adjabgezehrt, ausgezehrt

emaciated [ɪˈmeɪsɪeɪtɪd] adjemaciato/a

emaciated
adj emaciated [iˈmeisieitid]
having become very thin (through illness, starvation etc). uitgemergel نَحيل، هَزيل измършавял vyhublý, vyzáblý udmarvet; underernæret abgezehrt αποστεωμένος, σκελετωμένος demacrado kurtunud لاغر؛ نحیف riutunut amaigri הִרזָה दुबला, कृश, क्षीण omršaviti girhes kurus horaður emaciato やせ衰えた 쇠약한, 여윈 sunykęs, išsekęs novājināts; novājējis kurus uitgemergeld radmager, uttært wychudzony macilento slă­bit изнурённый;истощённый vychudnutý shujšan ispijen utmärglad, avtärd ผอมแห้งจากการเป็นโรค bir deri bir kemik 憔悴的 змарнілий; вихудлий بہت دبلا ہونا gầy mòn 悴的
n eˌmaciˈation
uitmergel تَحْرير، إعْتاق (من العُبودِيَّه) атрофия vyzáblost udmarvning; underernæring die Abzehrung ισχνότητα, αποστέωση demacración kurtumine لاغری؛ نحیف شدگی riutuminen amaigrissement הָרזָיָיה कृशता, दुर्बलता mršavljenje kóros soványság kekurusan megurð emaciazione やつれ 쇠약, 여윔 sulysimas, sumenkimas, išsekimas novājēšana pengurusan uitmergeling avmagring (sterk), uttæring wycieńczenie definhamento slăbire изнурение; истощение vychudnutosť hujšanje ispijenost utmärgling, avmagring ความผอมจากการเป็นโรค bir deri bir kemik kalma 消瘦 схуднення; змарнілість کمزوری sự gầy mòn


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Henrietta was about twenty-two years of age, Mary was about four- teen; and of all the mangled and emaciated creatures I ever looked upon, these two were the most so.
Famished and emaciated as they were, to continue forward would be to perish; their only chance seemed to be to regain the river, and retrace their steps up its banks.
A door opened to the right, and an emaciated sallow man on crutches, barefoot and in underclothing, limped out and, leaning against the doorpost, looked with glittering envious eyes at those who were passing.
 
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