emaciation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)
    gauntness; bonyness; boniness; maceration.

WordNet

E*ma`ci*a"tion noun
Etymology
Cf. F. émaciation.
Definitions
  1. The act of making very lean.
  2. The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.

Webster 1913