Feminine

inanition

Meaning

inanition (state of advanced lack of adequate nutrition with resulting weakness)

Concepts

feed deprivation

food deprivation

food restriction

Pronounced as (IPA)
/i.na.ni.sjɔ̃/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old French inanition, itself borrowed from Late Latin inānītio, from inānīre (“to make empty”), from inānis (“empty, vain”).

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