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inanition
noun
[ ˌɪnəˈnɪʃ(ə)n ]
• exhaustion caused by lack of nourishment.
• "the members of the rear party died of inanition"
Origin:
late Middle English: from late Latin inanitio(n- ), from Latin inanire ‘make empty’, from inanis ‘empty, vain’.
