emaciation

Emaciation is defined as the state of extreme thinness from absence of body fat and muscle wasting usually resulting from malnutrition.

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Medical condition.name: Emaciation
Medical condition.image: Starved child.jpg
Medical condition.caption: Photo from 1972 of an emaciated child in India with marasmus
Medical condition.pronounce: ,

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2,977 papers

[Emaciation].Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine · 1972
[Emaciation].Naika. Internal medicine · 1967
[Emaciation].Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 1953
[Symptoms: anorexia and emaciation].Tierarztliche Praxis · 1993
[Obesity, emaciation and hormonal anomaly].Naika. Internal medicine · 1967

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Commons category: Emaciation
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Emaciation is defined as the state of extreme thinness from absence of body fat and muscle wasting usually resulting from malnutrition.

==Characteristics== Emaciation manifests physically as thin limbs, pronounced and protruding bones, sunken eyes, dry skin, thinning hair, a bloated stomach, and a dry or coated tongue in humans. Emaciation is often accompanied by halitosis, hyponatremia, hypokalemia, anemia, improper function of lymph and the lymphatic system, and pleurisy and edema.