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Definition of Wasting

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

2. Noun. A decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse.

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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