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emaciation

[ ih-mey-shee-ey-shuhn, -see- ]
/ ɪˌmeɪ ʃiˈeɪ ʃən, -si- /
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noun
abnormal thinness caused by lack of nutrition or by disease.
the process of emaciating.
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Origin of emaciation

1655–65; <Latin ēmaciāt(us) (see emaciate) + -ion

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