consumption
81consumption — n. 1. Extinction, destruction, waste, expenditure, use, using up. 2. Phthisis, marasmus, atrophy, decline, tabes, gradual wasting, progressive emaciation …
82consumption — n 1. use, expenditure, diminution, loss, reduction, depletion, exhaustion; waste, dissipation, dispersion, misuse; wear and tear, harm, damage; destruction, ruin, ruination, ravagement, devastation; demolition, wrecking, razing, gutting,… …
83consumption — con·sump·tion …
84consumption — n. any disease causing wasting of tissues, especially (formerly) pulmonary tuberculosis. Derivatives: consumptive adj …
85consumption — /kənˈsʌmpʃən / (say kuhn sumpshuhn) noun 1. the act of consuming; destruction or decay. 2. destruction by use. 3. the amount consumed. 4. Economics the using up of goods and services having an exchangeable value. 5. Pathology a. a wasting disease …
86consumption — See tuberculosis …
87consumption — Act or process of consuming; waste; decay; destruction. Using up of anything, as food, natural resources, heat, or time …
88consumption — Act or process of consuming; waste; decay; destruction. Using up of anything, as food, natural resources, heat, or time …
89consumption — A consuming; destruction by use. Revzan v Nutelman, 370 Ill 180, 18 NE2d 219; use of a thing, sometimes, but not necessarily, to the complete extermination of the thing. 47 Am J1st Sales T § 25. The disease of tuberculosis …
90consumption — n. 1 the act or an instance of consuming; the process of being consumed. 2 any disease causing wasting of tissues, esp. pulmonary tuberculosis. 3 an amount consumed. 4 the purchase and use of goods etc. Etymology: ME f. OF consomption f. L… …
