Synonyms for emaciation
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ih-mey-shee-ey-shuh n, -see- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˌmeɪ ʃiˈeɪ ʃən, -si- |
Top 10 synonyms for emaciation Other synonyms for the word emaciation
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
- 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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