noun. undefined

noun. The act or process of consuming.

noun. The state of being consumed.

noun. An amount consumed.

noun. The using up of goods and services by consumer purchasing or in the production of other goods.

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noun. A progressive wasting of body tissue.

noun. Pulmonary tuberculosis. No longer in scientific use.

noun. The act of consuming; destruction as by decomposition, burning, eating, etc.; hence, destruction of substance; annihilation.

noun. Specifically Dissipation or destruction by use; in polit. ccon., the use or expenditure of the products of industry, or of anything having an exchangeable value.

noun. The state of being wasted or diminished.

noun. In medicine: A wasting away of the flesh; a gradual attenuation of the body; progressive emaciation: a word of comprehensive signification

noun. More specifically, a disease of the lungs accompanied by fever and emaciation, often but not invariably fatal: called technically phthisis, or phthisis pulmonaris. See phthisis and tuberculosis.

noun. In Roman law, loss of a right of action after commencement of the suit.

noun. The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction.

noun. The state or process of being consumed, wasted, or diminished; waste; diminution; loss; decay.

noun. A progressive wasting away of the body; esp., that form of wasting, attendant upon pulmonary phthisis and associated with cough, spitting of blood, hectic fever, etc.; pulmonary phthisis; -- called also pulmonary consumption.

noun. inflammation and ulceration of the intestines from tubercular disease.

noun. The act of consuming something.

noun. The amount consumed.

noun. The wasting-away of the human body through disease.

noun. Pulmonary tuberculosis.

noun. (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing

noun. the act of consuming something

noun. the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

noun. involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body

"Double, treble if you will, the present consumption of France, and _you will still find that a very small portion of her soil will suffice for this consumption_."

acute  hatters' consumption  luxus consumption  potters' consumption  

consumer  

conspicuous consumption  

Tb  tuberculosis  

assumption  gumption  presumption  resumption  

circulation  cost  distribution  efficiency  expenditure  

Sanforizing  TB  ablation  active use  aerogenic tuberculosis  

pulmonary consumption