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Inanition

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) The condition of being inane; emptiness; want of fullness, as in the vessels of the body; hence, specifically, exhaustion from want of food, either from partial or complete starvation, or from a disorder of the digestive apparatus, producing the same result.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Inanition'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​i/inanition.html. 1828.