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. 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

waste material
waste matter
waste of effort
waste of energy
waste of material
waste of money
waste of time
waste one's time
waste paper
waste pipe
waste product
waste products
waste streams
wastfull
wasting (current term)
wasting (current term)
wastingly
wastings
wasting away
wasting disease
wasting disease
wasting palsy
wasting paralysis
wasting syndrome
wasting time
wastness
wastrel
wastrels
wastrie
wastries

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