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| emaciate |
to waste away the flesh of, usu. by starvation or disease; make extremely thin. |
| emaciated |
extremely thin, as from starvation or disease. |
| emaciation |
unnatural thinness, as caused by starvation or disease. [1/2 definitions] |
| famish |
to experience great hunger or death by starvation. [1/2 definitions] |
| Holodomor |
a human-engineered famine brought about in Ukraine during the years 1932 and 1933 when Ukraine was under Soviet rule, and, specifically, during the time that Joseph Stalin was in power. Millions of people died of starvation as a result of this famine (often preceded by "the"). |
| ketoacidosis |
low blood pH due to high levels of ketone bodies in the blood, esp. occurring in cases of diabetes, alcoholism, and starvation. |
| macerate |
to cause to become thin or emaciated, as by starvation. [1/4 definitions] |
| starvation |
likely to cause starvation. [1/2 definitions] |
| starveling |
an organism suffering from starvation. [2/3 definitions] |
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