Ĭn'a-nĭ'tion, n.

(ĭn'a-nĭsh'un), n. [Fr. inanition, Pr. inanicio, Sp. inanicion, It. inanizione. See INANE.] The condition of being inane; want of fullness, as in the vessels of the body; emptiness; hence, exhaustion from want of food, either from partial or complete starvation, or from a disorder of the digestive apparatus, producing the same result. “Feeble from inanition, inert from weariness.” Landor. The result of an entire deficiency of food, or its supply in a measure inadequate for the wants of the system, constitutes the phenomenon of inanition or starvation. Carpenter.