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emaciation

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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.
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Noun1.emaciation - extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)
boniness, bonyness, gauntness, maceration
leanness, spareness, thinness - the property of having little body fat
Translations
emaciation [ɪˌmeɪsɪˈeɪʃən] N → demacración f
emaciation
n → Auszehrung f, → starke Abmagerung
emaciation [ɪˌmeɪsɪˈeɪʃ/ən] n → deperimento, dimagrimento
emaciation [ɪˌmeɪsɪˈeɪʃ/ən] n → deperimento, dimagrimento


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He gave me an extraordinary impression as he sat there, his attention riveted on his game -- an impression of great strength; and I could not understand why it was that his emaciation somehow made it more striking.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
His eyes, prominent from the emaciation of his face, gazed inquiringly at his comrades who were paying no attention to him, and he moaned regularly and quietly.
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The bright sun, the brilliant green of the foliage, the strains of the music were for her the natural setting of all these familiar faces, with their changes to greater emaciation or to convalescence, for which she watched.
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