emaciation

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

emaciation
    n 1: extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)
         [syn: {bonyness}, {boniness}, {emaciation}, {gauntness},
         {maceration}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Emaciation \E*ma`ci*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]maciation.]
   1. The act of making very lean.
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   2. The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive
      leanness; an excessively lean condition.
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