attenuated
adjective C2- Made, or become weak; subject to attenuation. · attenuated power
- Weakened, usually in a way that includes nonreplicating status. · Near-synonym: nonreplicating (often synonymous)· the live attenuated type of vaccines
- Long and tapering (especially of leaves)
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The mere sight of his excellent appetite was an assurance of success; for I had very clear recollections of days and nights without a thought of food, when his baffled mind had chafed before some problem while his thin, eager features became more attenuated with the asceticism of complete mental concentration.
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