wasting

English

Adjective

wasting (not comparable)

1. Causing a waste, particularly a wasting disease which causes pronounced loss of body mass.

Translations

• Maori: korokiwa (refers to disease)

Derived terms

• wasting disease

Verb

wasting

1. present participle of waste

Noun

wasting (plural wastings)

1. Gradual deterioration or wasting away.

   muscular wastings

2. The act by which something is laid waste; destruction.

Translations

deterioration of the body due to the effects of disease

• Maori: horokiwa, kaiuaua (of the muscles)

Anagrams

• stawing, tawsing