Auszehrung, rasch fortschreitende Abmagerung bei zehrenden Krankheiten (Tuberkulose, Geschwülste u. a.); Marasmus, allg. Kräfteverfall (Kachexie), bes. im hohen Alter.
ETYM Cf. French émaciation.
1. The act of making very lean.
2. The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.