noun
emaciation; emaciated body
Refers to the state of being extremely thin, or a body that has become emaciated.
長い闘病生活で、彼はすっかり痩せ肉になってしまった。
After a long illness, he became completely emaciated.
noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Used attributively with の to describe something as emaciated.
痩せ肉の体では、重い荷物は運べない。
With an emaciated body, you can't carry heavy luggage.
Verb meaning 'to lose weight' or 'to become thin'; 痩せ肉 is the resulting state or body.
Compound of 痩せ (yase, 'thinness', from verb 痩せる) and 肉 (jishi, 'flesh').