consumption

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[edit] Noun

Singular
consumption

Plural
uncountable

consumption (uncountable)

  1. The act of consuming something.
    The fire's consumption of the forest caused ecological changes.
  2. The amount consumed.
    gross national consumption
  3. (pathology) The wasting-away of the human body through disease.
  4. (pathology, obsolete) pulmonary tuberculosis.

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the act of consuming something
the amount consumed
wasting-away of the human body through disease
pulmonary tuberculosis — see pulmonary tuberculosis
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