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Body Weight Changes

Medical Definition:	A clinical manifestation consisting of alterations in an individual's weight from his or her norm.
Guide Notes:	not used for indexing
Previously Indexed:	Body Weight (1966-1997)

Body Weight Changes Categories.

	Emaciation - Clinical manifestation of excessive leanness usually caused by disease or a lack of nutrition.
	Thinness - A state of insufficient flesh on the body usually defined as having a body weight less than skeletal and physical standards.

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