A medical condition involving nutrition loss and wasting of the body due to persistent vomiting or inability to retain food.
Greek 'emesis' (vomiting) combined with 'atrophia' (wasting away), forming a compound medical term describing how vomiting leads to severe weight loss and physical decline.
This rare condition shows up in extreme eating disorders or severe gastric illnesses where patients literally cannot keep food down—their bodies slowly waste away even if they try to eat, which is why it's considered a serious medical emergency.
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