[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

emaciation \ema`cia"tion\, n. cf. f. 'emaciation.
   1. the act of making very lean.
      1913 webster

   2. the state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive
      leanness; an excessively lean condition.
      1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

emaciation
     n : extreme leanness usually caused by starvation or disease
         syn: bonyness, gauntness, maceration
see also:
bonyness gauntness maceration 

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