Emaciation

Clinical manifestation of excessive leanness usually caused by disease or a lack of nutrition.


Extreme thinness and wasting, caused by disease or undernutrition.


The fact of being extremely thin and underweight.


The loss of body tissue.


Excessive thinness, due to disease (e.g., tuberculosis, cancer) or poor nutrition.


Wasting of the body, caused by such conditions as malnutrition, tuberculosis, cancer, or parasitic worms.


Pronounced wasting; a common symptom of many diseases, particularly those which are associated with a prolonged or repeated rise of temperature, such as tuberculosis. It is also associated with diseases of the alimentary system in which digestion is inefficient, or in which the food is not fully absorbed: for example, in long-standing diarrhoea, whatever its cause. It is also a marked feature of severe malnutrition and malignant disease.


Abnormal thinness or wasting of the body, which can be caused by several conditions, including malnutrition, worm infestation, tuberculosis, or cancer.


 

 

 


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