n. | 1. | The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction. | |||
2. | The state or process of being consumed, wasted, or diminished; waste; diminution; loss; decay. | ||||
3. | (Med.) A progressive wasting away of the body; esp., that form of wasting, attendant upon pulmonary phthisis and associated with cough, spitting of blood, hectic fever, etc.; pulmonary phthisis; - called also
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Noun | 1. | consumption - the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) |
2. | consumption - involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body | |
3. | consumption - (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily" | |
4. | consumption - the act of consuming something Synonyms: using up, expenditure |