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Pronunciation / Transliteration: sucheok
"그의 얼굴에는 오랜 투병으로 인한 수척함이 묻어났다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The state of being abnormally thin or weak due to lack of food or illness.
"Years of severe malnutrition led to visible emaciation in the stray animals." - 2
The act or process of becoming extremely lean or wasted away.
"The rapid emaciation of the patient required immediate clinical intervention."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin verb 'emaciare', formed from 'e-' (out, thoroughly) and 'macies' (leanness or wastchness), ultimately tracing back to the Proto-Indo-European root meaning to make thin. The term entered English in the early 17th century, shifting from a medical process of wasting away to the state of abnormal thinness itself.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Emaciation" is said worldwide
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émaciation
Transliteration: e-ma-sya-sjɔ̃
"L'émaciation était évidente après sa longue maladie."
Auszehrung
Transliteration: ˈaʊ̯sˌtseːɐ̯ʊŋ
"Die schwere Krankheit führte zu deutlicher Auszehrung."
emaciazione
Transliteration: e-ma-tʃa-tsjo-ne
"L'emaciazione del paziente preoccupava i medici."
emaciación
Transliteration: e-ma-sja-sjon
"La emaciación era evidente tras meses de falta de alimentos."
emaciação
Transliteration: e-ma-si-a-sãw
"A emaciação corporal resultou de uma grave desnutrição."
कुपोषण
Transliteration: kuposhan
"अत्यधिक कुपोषण के कारण बच्चे का शरीर बहुत कमज़ोर हो गया था।"
消瘦
Transliteration: xiāoshòu
"长期生病导致他身体极度消瘦。"
수척
Transliteration: sucheok
"그의 얼굴에는 오랜 투병으로 인한 수척함이 묻어났다."
衰弱
Transliteration: suijaku
"長年の病気による著しい衰弱が見られた。"
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