Term Gallery logo

Meanings of extreme thinness in English

We have no meanings for "extreme thinness" in our records yet.
Usage of extreme thinness in English
1
She looked tall for her years, but this was owing to her extreme thinness.
Fan : The Story of a Young Girl's Life
2
I call it a cable, in spite of its extreme thinness, because of its structure.
The Life of the Spider
3
The only trace left of my illness is extreme thinness; my legs are thin as they have never been.
Letters of Anton Chekhov to His Family and Friends
4
By the use of this substance, slices of considerable size and of extreme thinness and transparency may be obtained.
Discourses: Biological & Geological / Essays
5
The extreme thinness of the esophageal walls must be always in the mind of the esophagoscopist if he would avoid disaster.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy / A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy a...
6
He opened it, but forgot to read, in consequence of his attention being arrested by the extreme thinness of his hands.
Hunting the Lions
7
The child had a cough, his extreme thinness was emphasized by the coat he wore, several sizes too large for him.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
8
Dr. Hooke had succeeded in splitting a mineral substance called mica into films of such extreme thinness as to give brilliant colours.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters
9
The jockey ascribed the horse's extreme thinness to a system of rigorous training; and the owners did not question the statement in the least.
Baron Trigault's Vengeance
This collocation consists of: