emaciation.

Extreme thinness resulting from substantial loss of body fat and muscle.

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Words that belong together

• severe emaciation
• signs of emaciation

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The blanket could not hide the severity of his emaciation.

Signs of emaciation appeared in the photographs taken months apart.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.