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Definition of Emaciates
1. emaciate [v] - See also: emaciate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Emaciates
Literary usage of Emaciates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy by Pennsylvania Prison Society (1848)
"In the beginning it fattens more than it emaciates; this is because the prisoners
have passed from the distresses of prosecution and sentence to a ..."
2. A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by John Henry Clarke (1902)
"emaciates whilst living well. Ravenous appetite but grows thin, especially about
neck. There are some very characteristic desires and aversions : Desires: ..."
3. Leaders in Homœopathic Therapeutics by Eugene Beauharnais Nash (1899)
"In Sarsaparilla the neck emaciates and skin (in general) lies in folds. ...
Natrum mur. eats and emaciates all of the time, neck particularly. ..."
4. The Aesculapian Register (1824)
"... emaciates them, and at length causes their death. This persecution does not
stop with one person, but is extended to the last individual of the family, ..."
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