skin and bones
noun
a condition or state of extreme thinness, usually the result of malnutrition; emaciation.
skin and bone
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a variation of
skin and bones.
Example Sentences
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After three weeks of supplementation, older mice displayed better cognitive performance, although the treatment did not reverse the physical aging markers seen in skin and bone tissue.
From Science Daily ● May 24, 2026
Gladden didn’t lose his leg, but he spent the next three years in the hospital as doctors performed a series of surgeries, including tendon transplants, skin and bone grafts.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2024
The program primarily serves patients with 10 different diagnoses, including skin and bone infections, kidney infections, bacterial and viral pneumonia, asthma and congestive heart failure.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2023
On her arm, she has a tattoo of lyrics from Swift’s “Treacherous”: “All we are is skin and bone, trained to get along.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 19, 2023
Hungry Joe was a jumpy, emaciated wretch with a fleshless face of dingy skin and bone and twitching veins squirming subcutaneously in the blackened hollows behind his eyes like severed sections of snake.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
