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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Inanition (0.01494 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Inanition.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: inanition
inanition
n 1: weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy [syn:
lassitude,
lethargy]
2: exhaustion resulting from lack of food
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Inanition
Inanition
\In`a*ni"tion\, n. [F. inanition, L. inanitio
emptiness, fr. inanire to empty, fr. inanis empty. Cf.
Inane.]
The condition of being inane; emptiness; lack of fullness, as
in the vessels of the body; hence, specifically, exhaustion
from lack of food, either from partial or complete
starvation, or from a disorder of the digestive apparatus,
producing the same result.
[1913 Webster]
Feeble from inanition, inert from weariness. --Landor.
[1913 Webster]
Repletion and inanition may both do harm in two
contrary extremes. --Burton.
[1913 Webster]
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