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Definition of Consumption

1. Noun. The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating).

2. Noun. Involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body.

3. Noun. (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing. "The consumption of energy has increased steadily"

4. Noun. The act of consuming something.

Definition of Consumption

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

Definition of Consumption

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Consumption

1. 1. The using up of something, especially the rate at which it is used. 2. Obsolete term for a wasting of the tissues of the body, usually tuberculous. Origin: L. Con-sumo, pp. -sumptus, to take up wholly, use up, waste (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Consumption

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