emaciation
emaciation noun: the act of making very lean.
Noun
emaciation (countable and uncountable, plural emaciations)
- The act of making very lean.
- The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.
- In youth he must have been singularly handsome, but years and care had left their vestiges on his noble features, which were thin even to emaciation.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Age and Youth”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 13
emaciation meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Tagalog
emaciation in Tamil
- உடல் மெலிவு, சீணம், தளர்ச்சி, நலிவு, சூம்பல், இளத்தல்
emaciation in Malayalam
- the state of being emaciated
- ശോഷണം śōṣaṇaṁ, മെലിച്ചിൽ meliccil
emaciation in Kannada
- ರೂಕ್ಷೆ
emaciation in Tagalog
- the act of making very lean
- pangangayayat
Forms of emaciation
| plural | emaciations |
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Origin of emaciation
From emaciate + -ion.
Words that rhyme with emaciation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about emaciation
- What does emaciation mean?
- Emaciation means the act of making very lean.
- What is emaciation in Tamil?
- Emaciation in Tamil is உடல் மெலிவு, சீணம், தளர்ச்சி. See Emaciation meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is emaciation?
- Emaciation is a noun.
- What is the plural of emaciation?
- The plural of emaciation is emaciations.
Words near emaciation in the dictionary
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