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]