Synonyms for emaciation

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ih-mey-shee-ey-shuh n, -see-

Phonetic Transcription : ɪˌmeɪ ʃiˈeɪ ʃən, -si-

Top 10 synonyms for emaciation

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Définition of emaciation

Origin : 1660s, from Latin emaciationem, noun of state from past participle stem of emaciare (see emaciate), or perhaps a native formation from emaciate.

noun gauntness

Example sentences :

Poverty, emaciation, and a semi-barbarism deformed the whole kingdom.
Extract from : « Henry IV, Makers of History » by John S. C. Abbott

Propped up with pillows, he looked at me with the big eyes of his emaciation.
Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

Refugees who had hidden in the woods came to the camps in rags and emaciation.
Extract from : « Peter the Hermit » by Daniel A. Goodsell

Not the thinness of emaciation, but that of bodily structure.
Extract from : « The Galaxy Primes » by Edward Elmer Smith

On such occasions, he issues forth in a state of extreme weakness and emaciation.
Extract from : « Bruin » by Mayne Reid

Dyspepsia and general debility and emaciation accompanied the disease.
Extract from : « The Electric Bath » by George M. Schweig

All this, however, was as nothing compared with the gauntness and emaciation of the man.
Extract from : « The Cruise of the "Esmeralda" » by Harry Collingwood

His face was growing thin, almost to emaciation, and his hands were transparent.
Extract from : « Pietro Ghisleri » by F. (Francis) Marion Crawford

They were in a more wretched state of filth and emaciation than their predecessors.
Extract from : « The Jesuits, 1534-1921 » by Thomas J. Campbell

Always slender, he was shadowy now, worn and thin to emaciation.
Extract from : « Dixie After the War » by Myrta Lockett Avary

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