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Emaciation - English meaning

Emaciation – definitions in English dictionary

noun

The state of being abnormally thin or weak.

Usage examples:

Thin to the point of emaciation

Synonims:

ThinnessBoninessScrawninessSkinninessScragginessStarvationUnderfeedingUndernourishmentCadaverousnessGauntnessHaggardnessAttenuationAtrophyAnorexiaPhthisis
noun

The state of being very thin and weak, usually because of illness or extreme hunger

Usage examples:

In spite of the fact that the patient eats well, the disease causes emaciation., chronic wasting di…

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消瘦

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Vermagering, Uitmergeling

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Émaciation, Amaigrissement

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Abmagerung, Auszehrung, Magerkeit

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दुर्बलता, निर्बलता, क्षीणता, दुबलापन, कृशता

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Emaciazione, Macilenza

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여윔

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Истощение, Исхудание, Изнурение

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Adelgazamiento, Demacración, Extenuación

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Emaciation – similar words

emaciated

adjective

Abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food.

Usage examples:

She was so emaciated she could hardly stand
adjective

(esp. of people and animals) very thin and weak, usually because of illness or not eating enough

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Emaciation synonims

anorexia

noun

Lack or loss of appetite for food (as a medical condition).

noun

An illness often resulting in dangerous weight loss, in which a person, usually a girl or woman, refuses to eat enough over a long period of time

Usage examples:

A recovering anorexic teenager
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atrophy

verb

(of body tissue or an organ) waste away, especially as a result of the degeneration of cells, or become vestigial during evolution.

Usage examples:

The calf muscles will atrophy
noun

The process of atrophying or state of having atrophied.

Usage examples:

Gastric atrophy
verb

(of a part of the body) to be reduced in size and therefore strength, or, more generally, to become weaker

Usage examples:

After several months in a hospital bed, my leg muscles had atrophied., in the 1980s, their politica…
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attenuation

noun

The reduction of the force, effect, or value of something.

Usage examples:

Human security required the attenuation of a wide range of threats to people
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gauntness

noun

The quality of being very thin, especially because of sickness or hunger

Usage examples:

He was thin to the point of gauntness., there was an unusual gauntness about her features.
Gauntness - all meanings in English

phthisis

noun

Pulmonary tuberculosis or a similar progressive wasting disease.

Usage examples:

He learned to recognize pneumonia, bronchiectasis, pleurisy, emphysema, pneumothorax, phthisis, and…
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starvation

noun

Suffering or death caused by lack of food.

Usage examples:

Thousands died of starvation
noun

The state of having no food for a long period, often causing death

Usage examples:

20 million people face starvation unless a vast emergency aid programme is launched., the animals h…
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thinness

noun

The state or quality of having opposite surfaces or sides close together.

Usage examples:

The thinness of the paper
noun

The quality of having little flesh on the bones

Usage examples:

The author discusses why female beauty has become linked to thinness., the thinness of the walls me…
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underfeeding

noun

The action or practice of not giving a person or animal enough food.

Usage examples:

Calves run into more problems from overfeeding than underfeeding
verb

Not give enough food to.

Usage examples:

Some breeders intentionally underfeed their pups to keep them small
noun

The fact of a person or animal not getting enough to eat

Usage examples:

Bad housing, overcrowding, underfeeding, and low wages can all lead to disease and premature death.…
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undernourishment

noun

Lack of sufficient food or other substances for good health and condition.

Usage examples:

Children lost to diseases compounded by undernourishment
noun

The condition of not eating enough food to continue to be in good health

Usage examples:

Chronic undernourishment, poor hygiene and the harsh weather threatened the lives of everyone., mat…
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