inanition

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Also, the main threats from chronic tuberculosis were lung hemorrhage and inanition (wasting) -- not hypoxemia.

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The act of removing the contents of something; the state of being empty.

Meaning at a glance

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noun

The act of removing the contents of something; the state of being empty.

noun

(philosophy) A spiritual emptiness or lack of purpose or will to live, akin to nausea in existentialist philosophy.

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(medicine) A state of advanced lack of adequate nutrition, food, or water or a physiological inability to utilize them, with resulting weakness.

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Core meanings and parts of speech for inanition.

noun

The act of removing the contents of something; the state of being empty.

noun

(philosophy) A spiritual emptiness or lack of purpose or will to live, akin to nausea in existentialist philosophy.

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(medicine) A state of advanced lack of adequate nutrition, food, or water or a physiological inability to utilize them, with resulting weakness.

Example sentences

Also, the main threats from chronic tuberculosis were lung hemorrhage and inanition (wasting) -- not hypoxemia.

-- one of my all time favourites: Blight by Ralph Waldo Emerson Give me truths; For I am weary of the surfaces, And die of inanition.

His death certificate reported that he died of "malnutrition and inanition caused by personality disturbance" in Princeton Hospital on January 14, 1978.[20] Adele's death followed in 1981.

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His death certificate reported that he died of "malnutrition and inanition caused by personality disturbance" in Princeton Hospital on January 14, 1978.[20] Adele's death followed in 1981.