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starvational

starvational adjective: of or pertaining to starvation.

Adjective

starvational (comparative more starvational, superlative most starvational)

  1. Of or pertaining to starvation.
    • These patients can be described as those having a relevant starvational component of anorexia–cachexia.2011, Geoffrey Hanks, Nathan I. Cherny, Nicholas A. Christakis, Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine, page 901

Forms of starvational

comparativemore starvational
superlativemost starvational

Origin of starvational

From starvation + -al.

Questions about starvational

What does starvational mean?
Starvational means of or pertaining to starvation.
What part of speech is starvational?
Starvational is an adjective.

Words near starvational in the dictionary

  1. starvating
  2. starvation
  3. starvation marrow
  4. starvation wage
  5. starvation wages
  6. starvational
  7. starvations
  8. starve
  9. starve acre
  10. starve the beast
  11. starve-acre

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