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Synonyms for emaciation


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ih-mey-shee-ey-shuh n, -see-
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˌmeɪ ʃiˈeɪ ʃən, -si-

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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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