[ɪˈmeɪʃɪeɪtɪd], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food
(e.g: she was so emaciated she could hardly stand)


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Origin:
early 17th century: from Latin emaciat- ‘made thin’, from the verb emaciare, from e- (variant of ex-, expressing a change of state) + macies ‘leanness’