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wasting
('w/eI/st/I//N/ )

adjective (a)

  • Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a wasting disease; a wasting fortune.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease(noun.state)
    Synonym:
    cachexia, cachexy
    source: wordnet30
  • a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse(noun.state)
    Synonym:
    atrophy, wasting away
    source: wordnet30
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