| inanition | (อินอะนิซ' เชิน) n. ความขาดแคลน, การขาดอาหาร, การบำรุงเลี้ยงไม่เพียงพอ, ภาวะอ่อนจิต, การด้อยศีลธรรม, ความว่างเปล่า |
| inanition | (n) ความว่างเปล่า, ความขาดแคลน, ความอิดโรย |
| inanition | ๑. ความผอมโซเหตุอดนาน๒. ภาวะขาดอาหาร [แพทยศาสตร์ ๖ ส.ค. ๒๕๔๔] |
| Inanition | n. [ F. inanition, L. inanitio emptiness, fr. inanire to empty, fr. inanis empty. Cf. Inane. ] The condition of being inane; emptiness; lack of fullness, as in the vessels of the body; hence, specifically, exhaustion from lack of food, either from partial or complete starvation, or from a disorder of the digestive apparatus, producing the same result. [ 1913 Webster ] Feeble from inanition, inert from weariness. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ] Repletion and inanition may both do harm in two contrary extremes. Burton. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Inanition \In`a*ni"tion\, n. [F. inanition, L. inanitio
emptiness, fr. inanire to empty, fr. inanis empty. Cf.
{Inane}.]
The condition of being inane; emptiness; lack of fullness, as
in the vessels of the body; hence, specifically, exhaustion
from lack of food, either from partial or complete
starvation, or from a disorder of the digestive apparatus,
producing the same result.
[1913 Webster]
Feeble from inanition, inert from weariness. --Landor.
[1913 Webster]
Repletion and inanition may both do harm in two
contrary extremes. --Burton.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inanition
n 1: weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy
[syn: {inanition}, {lassitude}, {lethargy}, {slackness}]
2: exhaustion resulting from lack of food
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