emaciation (or ci as shi)

[Lat. emaci at us. 1. The act or proce of emaciating or making lean. 2. The state of becoming lean or emaciated; a wasting or pining away. 3. A state of being emaciated, wasted away, or leanne . "Searchers cannot tell whether this emaciation or leanne were from a phthisis or from a hectic fever."Graunt: Bills of Mortality . *e-mac-u-lāte, v. t. [Latin emaculatus , pa. par. of emaculo: e=out, from, and macula = & stain.] To clear from blemishes or faults; to correct; to amend. "Pichena and others have taken great pains in emacu lating the text."- Hale: Remains, p. 273. *e-mac-u-la-tion, s. [Lat. emaculatus.) The act or proce of cleansing from blemishes or faults; correction, emendation.