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- Dictionaryemaciated/ɪˈmeɪsɪeɪtɪd/
adjective
- 1. abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food: "she was so emaciated she could hardly stand"
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EMACIATED definition: 1. very thin and weak, usually because of illness or extreme hunger: 2. very thin and weak…. Learn more.
: very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness. He was deadly pale and terribly emaciated, with the protruding, brilliant eyes of a man whose spirit was greater than his strength. Arthur Conan Doyle. My cheek had grown pale with study, and my person had become emaciated with confinement. Mary Shelley. Synonyms. cadaverous.
EMACIATED meaning: 1. very thin and weak, usually because of illness or extreme hunger: 2. very thin and weak…. Learn more.
1. : to cause to lose flesh so as to become very thin. cattle emaciated by illness. 2. : to make feeble. intransitive verb. : to waste away physically. emaciation. i-ˌmā-sē-ˈā-shən. -ˌmā-sē- noun. Synonyms. decay. droop. fade. fail. flag. go. lag.
The adjective emaciated evolved from the Latin emaciatus, meaning to “make lean, waste away.” An emaciated person or animal isn't just thin. They're bony, gaunt, and most likely undernourished, often from illness.
Emaciated definition: marked by emaciation. . See examples of EMACIATED used in a sentence.
To emaciate is to make someone extremely thin or very weak. A serious illness can often emaciate a person, leaving them gaunt and frail.
Definition of emaciated adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Emaciate definition: to make abnormally lean or thin by a gradual wasting away of flesh.. See examples of EMACIATE used in a sentence.
EMACIATED meaning: very thin and weak because of being sick or not eating enough food. Learn more.
