emaciation

Meaning

1. The act of making very lean.
2. The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.

Etymology / origin

Etymology tree English emaciate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English emaciation From emaciate + -ion.

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