A state of insufficient flesh on the body usually defined as having a body weight less than skeletal and physical standards, such as  BODY MASS INDEX, and dependent on age, sex, and genetic background.
    

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General John Reid, a very thin man. Engraving, 1813.

Bust of a lean male, looking down to his lower right. Etching by Wenceslaus Hollar after Leonardo da Vinci, 1648.

Naylor's Dog Show consisting of prize dogs of various breeds... : novelty extraordinary giant rat... : Mr. Samson, the wonderful Living Skeleton Man who is greatly contrasted with the extraordinary American Fat Child.

Comments on corpulency. Lineaments of leanness. Mems on diet and dietetics / By William Wadd.

The handbook of dining, or, Corpulency and leanness scientifically considered : comprising the art of dining on correct principles consistent with easy digestion, the avoidance of corpulency, and the cure of leanness, together with special remarks on these subjects / by Brillat-Savarin ; translated by L.F.

The handbook of dining, or corpulency and leanness scientifically considered : comprising the art of dining on correct principles consistent with easy digestion, the avoidance of corpulency, and the cure of leanness; together with special remarks on these subjects / by Brillat-Savarin ; translated by L.F. Simpson.

Corpulence; or, excess of fat in the human body: its relations to chemistry and physiology, its bearing on other diseases and the value of humn life, and its indications of treatment. With an appendix on emaciation / By Thomas King Chambers.

Twenty one things I did when I was thin / by Darcy Leigh.

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Bust of a lean male, looking down to his lower right. Etching by Wenceslaus Hollar after Leonardo da Vinci, 1648.

Corpulence; or, excess of fat in the human body: its relations to chemistry and physiology, its bearing on other diseases and the value of humn life, and its indications of treatment. With an appendix on emaciation / By Thomas King Chambers.

Twenty one things I did when I was thin / by Darcy Leigh.