emaciation
61Loco disease — (Veter.) A chronic nervous affection of cattle, horses, and sheep, caused by eating the loco weed and characterized by a slow, measured gait, high step, glassy eyes with defective vision, delirium, and gradual emaciation. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …
62Marcid — Mar cid, a. [L. marcidus, fr. marcere to wither, pine.] 1. Pining; lean; withered. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Characterized by emaciation, as a fever. Harvey. [1913 Webster] …
63Medullary cancer — Cancer Can cer, n. [L. cancer, cancri, crab, ulcer, a sign of the zodiac; akin to Gr. karki nos, Skr. karka[.t]a crab, and prob. Skr. karkara hard, the crab being named from its hard shell. Cf. {Canner}, {Chancre}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of… …
64Scirrhous cancer or Hard cancer — Cancer Can cer, n. [L. cancer, cancri, crab, ulcer, a sign of the zodiac; akin to Gr. karki nos, Skr. karka[.t]a crab, and prob. Skr. karkara hard, the crab being named from its hard shell. Cf. {Canner}, {Chancre}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of… …
65Soft cancer — Cancer Can cer, n. [L. cancer, cancri, crab, ulcer, a sign of the zodiac; akin to Gr. karki nos, Skr. karka[.t]a crab, and prob. Skr. karkara hard, the crab being named from its hard shell. Cf. {Canner}, {Chancre}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of… …
66Tabes — Ta bes (t[=a] b[=e]z), n. [L., a wasting disease.] (Med.) Progressive emaciation of the body, accompanied with hectic fever, with no well marked local symptoms. [1913 Webster] {Tabes dorsalis} (t[=a] b[=e]z d[^o]r*s[=a] l[i^]s) [NL., tabes of the …
67Tabes dorsalis — Tabes Ta bes (t[=a] b[=e]z), n. [L., a wasting disease.] (Med.) Progressive emaciation of the body, accompanied with hectic fever, with no well marked local symptoms. [1913 Webster] {Tabes dorsalis} (t[=a] b[=e]z d[^o]r*s[=a] l[i^]s) [NL., tabes… …
68Tabes mesenterica — Tabes Ta bes (t[=a] b[=e]z), n. [L., a wasting disease.] (Med.) Progressive emaciation of the body, accompanied with hectic fever, with no well marked local symptoms. [1913 Webster] {Tabes dorsalis} (t[=a] b[=e]z d[^o]r*s[=a] l[i^]s) [NL., tabes… …
69Tropic of Cancer — Cancer Can cer, n. [L. cancer, cancri, crab, ulcer, a sign of the zodiac; akin to Gr. karki nos, Skr. karka[.t]a crab, and prob. Skr. karkara hard, the crab being named from its hard shell. Cf. {Canner}, {Chancre}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of… …
70emaciate — verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Latin emaciatus, past participle of emaciare, from e + macies leanness, from macer lean more at meager Date: 1646 intransitive verb to waste away physically transitive verb 1. to cause to lose flesh so as to become… …