consumption

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Synonyms: consumation, consummation, consumptive, consumptions

Antonyms: consumation, consummation, consumptive, consumptions

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Noun

1. The act of eating, drinking or using.
2. The amount [[consume]]d.
3. The act of [[consume|consuming]] or [[destroy]]ing.
4. {{lb|en|pathology}} The [[waste away|wasting away]] of the human body through [[disease]].
5. {{senseid|en|TB}}{{lb|en|pathology|dated}} [[pulmonary tuberculosis|Pulmonary tuberculosis]] and other diseases that cause wasting away, lung infection, etc.
6. {{lb|en|euphemistic|dated}} [[alcoholism|Alcoholism]] as it [[precipitate]]s a person's death (especially of [[natural]] causes).

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