Gradual wasting away; = tabes, n.

A wasting away of the body, or any part of it, through imperfect nourishment: emaciation.

Withering, decay; (Medicine) emaciation or wasting of the body.

Pathology. Slow progressive emaciation of the body or its parts; consumption.

The action or process of tabefying; the wasting away or consumption of the body.

emaciation, tabes.

The process of wasting or wearing away through fasting, etc.; mortification of the flesh; an instance of this; (also) the condition so produced.

complete lack of nutrition; generalized atrophy.

emaciation.