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inanition

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inanition
exhaustion resulting from lack of food

inanition [‚in·ə′nish·ən]
(medicine)
The exhausted, pathologic condition resulting from starvation.


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I was now nearly sick from inanition, having taken so little the day before.
Upon my recovery, too, I felt very -- oh, inexpressibly sick and weak, as if through long inanition.
It may be reasonably inferred that our baby will first expire of inanition, as being the frailest member of our circle; and that our twins will follow next in order.
 
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