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Noun: emaciation  i`mey-shee'ey-shun
  1. Extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)
    - bonyness, boniness, gauntness, maceration

Derived forms: emaciations

See also: emaciate

Type of: leanness, spareness, thinness

Encyclopedia: Emaciation