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Noun: famishment
Usage: archaic
  1. A state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period
    - starvation

Derived forms: famishments

Type of: hunger, hungriness

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family Zeidae
family Zingiberaceae
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family Zosteraceae
family Zygnemataceae
family Zygophyllaceae
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