Hyphenation of emaciation

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word emaciation? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

ema-ci-a-tion

Definitions of emaciation:

1.	Extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)

Synonyms of emaciation:

noun	bonyness, gauntness, maceration, leanness, thinness

Last hyphenations of this language

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