extreme emaciation

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• émaciation — émacié, iée [ emasje ] adj. • 1560; lat. emaciatus, de macies « maigreur » ♦ Très amaigri, marqué par un amaigrissement extrême. ⇒ hâve, 1. maigre, squelettique. Un visage émacié. N. f. ÉMACIATION , 1564 . ⊗ CONTR. Bouffi, gras. ● émaciation nom… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• extreme — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ opposite, polar ▪ Their views are at opposite extremes from each other. ▪ logical ▪ new ▪ Sh …   Collocations dictionary

• emaciation — Becoming abnormally thin from extreme loss of flesh. SYN: wasting (1). [L. e macio, pp. atus, to make thin] * * * ema·ci·a·tion i .mā s(h)ē ā shən n 1) the process of making or becoming emaciated 2) the state of being emaciated esp a wasted… …   Medical dictionary

• emaciation — noun extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) • Syn: ↑bonyness, ↑boniness, ↑gauntness, ↑maceration • Derivationally related forms: ↑macerate (for: ↑maceration), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• skin and bones — noun a person who is unusually thin and scrawny • Syn: ↑thin person, ↑scrag • Ant: ↑fat person (for: ↑thin person) • Derivationally related forms: ↑scraggy …   Useful english dictionary

• MAIGREUR — Insuffisance pondérale chronique, constitutionnelle, qui s’installe à la fin de la croissance. Il ne faut pas confondre la maigreur avec l’amaigrissement, chute de poids chez un sujet considéré jusqu’alors comme normal. L’amaigrissement (sauf… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• haggard — haggard, worn, careworn, pinched, wasted, cadaverous are comparable when they mean thin and drawn by or as if by worry, fatigue, hunger, or illness. Haggard may imply a wild frightening appearance (as of a person driven distraught by fear,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Lourdes Medical Bureau — The Lourdes Medical Bureau (International Medical Association of Lourdes; Association Médicale Internationale de Lourdes ) is a medical organization based in Lourdes, France. It is an official organization within the Sanctuary of Our Lady of… …   Wikipedia

• anorexia — /an euh rek see euh/, n. 1. loss of appetite and inability to eat. 2. Psychiatry. See anorexia nervosa. [1590 1600; < NL < Gk, equiv. to an AN 1 + órex(is) longing (oreg reach after + sis SIS) + ia IA] * * * ▪ pathology       persistent …   Universalium

• beriberi — beri·beri .ber ē ber ē n a deficiency disease marked by inflammatory or degenerative changes of the nerves, digestive system, and heart and caused by a lack of or inability to assimilate thiamine called also kakke * * * n. a nutritional disorder… …   Medical dictionary

• skeletization — skel·e·ti·za·tion (skel″ə tĭ zaґshən) 1. extreme emaciation. 2. the removal of the soft parts from the skeleton …   Medical dictionary