noun. The act of making lean or thin in flesh.

noun. The state of becoming thin by gradual wasting of flesh; the state of being reduced to leanness.

noun. The act of making very lean.

noun. The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.

noun. The act of making very lean.

noun. The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.

noun. extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)

"Bratman asserts that “emaciation is common among followers of certain health food diets, such as rawfoodism, and this can at times reach the extremes seen in anorexia nervosa.”"

emaciate  

leanness  spareness  thinness  

amputations  anemia  anæmia  breathlessness  debility  

leanness  tabescence