衰すい弱じゃく死し

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

death from prostration; death from emaciation

Medical or formal term for death caused by extreme physical weakness or wasting, often due to illness, malnutrition, or old age.

• 高こう齢れいの患かん者じゃが衰すい弱じゃく死しした。

  The elderly patient died from prostration.

• 長ちょう期き間かんの栄えい養よう失しっ調ちょうで衰すい弱じゃく死しするケースもある。

  There are also cases of death from emaciation due to prolonged malnutrition.