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emaciation

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emaciation /ema·ci·a·tion/ (e-ma″she-a´shun) a wasted condition of the body.
e·ma·ci·a·tion (-msh-shn)
n.
The process of losing so much flesh as to become extremely thin; wasting.

emaciation
[imā′shi·ā′shən]
Etymology: L, emaciare, to make lean
1 excessive leanness caused by disease or lack of nutrition. emaciated, [imā′shē·ā′tid] adj.
2 characterized by an extreme loss of subcutaneous fat that results in an abnormally lean body, such as with starvation.

emaciation
(imā´shēā´shn),
n an excessive leanness caused by disease or lack of nutrition.
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emaciation
excessive leanness; a wasted condition of the body; generally taken to mean that the body weight is less than 50% of the normal expected for a comparable normal animal.


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