boniness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

boniness
    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

Boniness \Bon"i*ness\, n.
   The condition or quality of being bony.
   [1913 Webster]

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