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Webster 1913 Edition


Emaciation

E-maˊci-a′tion

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
émaciation
.]
1.
The act of making very lean.
2.
The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.

Webster 1828 Edition


Emaciation

EMACIA'TION

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Noun.
The act of making lean or thin in flesh; or a becoming lean by a gradual waste of flesh.
1.
The state of being reduced to leanness.