Wasting

a.

1.

Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a wasting disease; a wasting fortune. Wasting palsy (Med.) progressive muscular atrophy. See under Progressive.

Noun	1.	wasting - any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease Synonyms: cachexia, cachexy
	2.	wasting - a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse Synonyms: atrophy, wasting away

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