Obs.–0 [f. as prec.: see -ATION.]
a. = EMACIATION. b. = MACERATION (of drugs).
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Emaceration, a Pulling down or making lean.
1678. Phillips, Emaceration, a soaking or wasting.
1715. in Kersey.
1721–1800. in Bailey.
1818. Todd, Emaceration, leanness or falling away in flesh.
