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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.
Jane Eyre by Bronte, Charlotte View in context
Upon my recovery, too, I felt very -- oh, inexpressibly sick and weak, as if through long inanition.
The Pit and the Pendulum by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
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.
David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles View in context
 
 
 
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