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Emaciated

  1. adjective

    very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

    emaciated bony hands

    Similar: bony, cadaverous, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal

  2. verb

    grow weak and thin or waste away physically

    She emaciated during the chemotherapy

    Similar: emaciate

  3. verb

    cause to grow thin or weak

    The treatment emaciated him

    Similar: waste, emaciate, macerate