Definition of Wasting

1. Noun. Any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease.

Exact synonyms: Cachexia, Cachexy
Generic synonyms: Debility, Feebleness, Frailness, Frailty, Infirmity, Valetudinarianism
Derivative terms: Cachectic, Cachectic, Waste

2. Noun. A decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse.
Exact synonyms: Atrophy, Wasting Away
Specialized synonyms: Amyotrophia, Amyotrophy, Tabes, Kraurosis
Generic synonyms: Symptom
Derivative terms: Atrophy

Definition of Wasting

1. a. Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a wasting disease; a wasting fortune.

2. a. Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a wasting disease; a wasting fortune.

Definition of Wasting

1. Adjective. Referring to something that cause a waste, particularly a ''wasting disease'' which causes pronounced loss of body mass. ¹

2. Verb. (present participle of waste#Verb waste) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Wasting

1. waste [v] - See also: waste

Medical Definition of Wasting

1. Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a wasting disease; a wasting fortune. Wasting palsy, progressive muscular atrophy. See Progressive. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Wasting

wastes of space
wastes of spaces
wastes of time
wastes time
wastest
wasteth
wastethrift
wastethrifts
wastewater
wastewaters
wasteway
wasteways
wasteweir
wasteyard
wastfull
wasting (current term)
wasting away
wasting disease
wasting palsy
wasting paralysis
wasting syndrome
wasting time
wastingly
wastings
wastness
wastoid
wastoids
wastor
wastorel
wastorels

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