jejunation

Borrowed from Latin ieiūnātiō.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒɛd͡ʒuˈneɪ̯ʃən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒɛd͡ʒ(j)ʊˈneɪ̯ʃən/
• Hyphenation: jeju‧na‧tion

jejunation (plural not attested)

1. (rare, obsolete) fasting
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:jejunation.

• Simpson, J. A. & Weiner, E. S. C., editors (1933), “jejunation”, in The Oxford English Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, volume V, Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press, page 564

Borrowed from Latin ieiūnātiō, also English jejunation. Equivalent to jejunar +‎ -tion.

• IPA^(key): /ʒe.ʒu.naˈt͡sjon/, /d͡ʒe.d͡ʒu-/, /-sjon/

jejunation (plural jejunationes)

1. fasting, jejunation
   • 1958, Perry Bere, Eugene P. Frenkel, “Myoglobinuria After Spontaneous and Induced Fever: Report of a Case”, in Annals of Internal Medicine, volume 48, number 2, American College of Physicians, →DOI, page 387:

     Exposition a frigido e jejunation esseva presente non-systematicamente.

     Exposure to cold and fasting was present non-systematically.