consumption

noun

The act of eating, drinking or using.

The amount consumed.

The act of consuming or destroying.

(pathology) The wasting away of the human body through disease.

(pathology, dated) Pulmonary tuberculosis and other diseases that cause wasting away, lung infection, etc.

(euphemistic, dated) Alcoholism as it precipitates a person's death (especially of natural causes).

Roots

sumosumpt- · Latin · take up

Synonyms for consumption

ingestionn expendituren phthisisn usagen usen eatingn wastagen depletionn dissipationn

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