"Inanition" refers to exhaustion from lack of nourishment, or starvation, as well as a lack of vigor or lethargy.
La "inanición" es el agotamiento por falta de alimento o inanición, y también la falta de vigor o letargo.
Front | inanition \in-uh-NISH-uhn\ |
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Back | noun 1. Exhaustion from lack of nourishment; starvation. 2. Lack of vigor; lethargy. [1350–1400; ME < LL inānitiōn- (s. of inānitiō). See inane, -ition] |
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