inanition — meaning in English
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English meaning
- inanition noun The act of removing the contents of something; the state of being empty.
- starvation noun The state of suffering or dying from a severe lack of food.
Senses
inanition is used for these senses in English:
- inanition (medicine) A state of advanced lack of adequate nutrition, food, or water or a physiological inability to utilize them, with resulting weakness.
inanition — full definition
- noun The act of removing the contents of something; the state of being empty.
- noun A state of advanced lack of adequate nutrition, food, or water or a physiological inability to utilize them, with resulting weakness.
- noun A spiritual emptiness or lack of purpose or will to live, akin to nausea in existentialist philosophy.
starvation — full definition
- noun The state of suffering or dying from a severe lack of food.
- noun A severe shortage of something essential, used more broadly than just food.