emaciated

/i-ˈmā-shē-ˌā-təd/

adjective

  1. very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness

He was deadly pale and terribly emaciated, with the protruding, brilliant eyes of a man whose spirit was greater than his strength.

verb

  1. to cause to lose flesh so as to become very thin

  2. to make feeble

  3. to waste away physically

cattle emaciated by illness