WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
e•ma•ci•a•tion
(i mā′shē ā′shən, -sē-),USA pronunciation n.
- Pathologyabnormal thinness caused by lack of nutrition or by disease.
- the process of emaciating.
- Latin ēmaciāt(us) (see emaciate) + -ion
- 1655–65
'emaciation' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
anorexia nervosa
- beriberi
- cachexia
- emaciated
- histoplasmosis
- hungry
- kala-azar
- marasmus
- skin and bones
- slim disease
- sprue
- surra
- symptosis
- tabes
- waste