About The Word Wasting
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Wasting
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What's The Definition Of Wasting?
[n] a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
[n] any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease Synonyms | Synonyms for Wasting: atrophy | cachexia | cachexy | wasting away Related Terms | Find terms related to Wasting: See Also | amyotrophia | amyotrophy | debility | feebleness | frailness | frailty | infirmity | kraurosis | symptom | tabes Wasting In Webster's Dictionary \Wast"ing\, a.
Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a
wasting disease; a wasting fortune.
{Wasting palsy} (Med.), progressive muscular atrophy. See
under {Progressive}.
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