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Definition of Inanition
1. Noun. Weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy.
2. Noun. Exhaustion resulting from lack of food.
Definition of Inanition
1. n. The condition of being inane; emptiness; want of fullness, as in the vessels of the body; hence, specifically, exhaustion from want of food, either from partial or complete starvation, or from a disorder of the digestive apparatus, producing the same result.
Definition of Inanition
1. Noun. Emptiness. ¹
2. Noun. (medicine) A state of advanced lack of adequate nutrition, food or water, or a physiological inability to utilize them; starvation. ¹
3. Noun. (philosophy) A spiritual emptiness or lack of purpose or will to live, akin to the Existentialist Philosophy state of "nausea". ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inanition
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Medical Definition of Inanition
1. Severe weakness and wasting as occurs from lack of food, defect in assimilation, or neoplastic disease. Origin: L. Inanis, empty (05 Mar 2000)
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