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emaciation

[ ih-mey-shee-ey-shuhn, -see- ]

noun

  1. abnormal thinness caused by lack of nutrition or by disease.
  2. the process of emaciating.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of emaciation1

1655–65; < Latin ŧ³¾²¹³¦¾±Äå³Ù ( us ) ( emaciate ) + -ion
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But others may suffer from severe disease marked by extensive hair loss, secondary bacterial infections, emaciation and, eventually, death.

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North Strabane police filed the charges after a necropsy of her dog, Thor, showed the animal died of “severe emaciation†and weighed only 20 pounds, less than half of what its weight should have been.

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The pop musician also responded to a Vulture article that deemed the “Rush†video “a return to body fascism and emaciation.â€

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Of the 201, eight people died from emaciation after being rescued, while the rest have been exhumed mostly from mass graves in Shakahola Forest in Kilifi County in the country's southeast.

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Their medical conditions included a boat strike that caused a skull fracture, severe emaciation and gastric issues, dehydration and inflammation.

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