EMACIATION

Emaciation

Emaciation is defined as extreme weight loss and thinness due to a loss of subcutaneous fat and muscle throughout the body. It affects human beings and animals, is often described as "wasting", and is caused by severe malnourishment and starvation. Emaciation is a predominant symptom of malnourishment, a basic component of poverty and famine that also occurs with diseases that interfere with the digestive system and appetite, other systems, and eating disorders. These include nutrient deficiency disorders, diseases with prolonged fever and infection, malignant diseases, parasitic infections that can result from contamination, anorexia nervosa and other ...

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emaciation

Noun

  1. The act of making very lean.
  2. The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.


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