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emaciation

[ih-mey-shee-ey-shuhn, -see-] / ɪˌmeɪ ʃiˈeɪ ʃən, -si- /


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On Friday, the director of one field hospital said in a statement that they had an unprecedented influx of patients suffering from severe exhaustion, emaciation and acute malnutrition.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2025

But others may suffer from severe disease marked by extensive hair loss, secondary bacterial infections, emaciation and, eventually, death.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2025

The two bodies he was embalming were opposites: one small and bony, almost to the point of emaciation, the other large, the legs and feet swelling with edemas.

From New York Times • Nov. 1, 2022

An Egyptian physician named Hesy-Ra wrote about a mysterious disease that included frequent urination, and caused emaciation.

From Salon • Mar. 12, 2022

He’d lost much of his hair since turning fifty, and his belly, always undernourished in appearance, now suggested a shriveled emaciation.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson




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