HyperDic: emaciation

English > 1 sense of the word emaciation:
NOUNattributeemaciation, bonyness, boniness, gauntness, macerationextreme / extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)
English > emaciation: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
Meaningextreme / extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease).
Synonymsbonyness, boniness, gauntness, maceration
Broaderleanness, thinness, sparenessThe property of having little body fat
Spanishdemacración, desmedro, enflaquecimiento, extenuación
Verbsemaciategrow weak and thin or waste away physically
emaciatecause to grow thin or weak

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