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emaciate

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1. emaciate - Adjective

2. emaciate - Verb

Meaning

To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh.

To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; as, his sickness emaciated him.

Emaciated.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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She emaciated during the chemotherapy Source: Internet

The treatment emaciated him Source: Internet

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