Consumption
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A progressive wasting away of the body; esp., that form ofwasting, attendant upon pulmonary phthisis and associated with cough,spitting of blood, hectic fever, etc.; pulmonary phthisis; -- calledalso pulmonary consumption. Consumption of the bowels (Med.),inflammation and ulceration of the intestines from tuberculardisease.
Consumption meaning & definition 1 of Consumption.
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Consumption is an old name for tuberculosis (TB) that describes how the illness wastes away or consumes its victims.
Consumption meaning & definition 2 of Consumption.
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A convenient way to kill off a character set in a film or book set in the olden days, i.e. the old west.
Consumption meaning & definition 3 of Consumption.
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In the old B
Consumption meaning & definition 4 of Consumption.
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The action of using up a resource.
Consumption meaning & definition 5 of Consumption.
