Definition of Consumption

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(n.)
The state or process of being consumed, wasted, or diminished; waste; diminution; loss; decay.
  

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

(n.)
A progressive wasting away of the body; esp., that form of wasting, attendant upon pulmonary phthisis and associated with cough, spitting of blood, hectic fever, etc.; pulmonary phthisis; -- called also pulmonary consumption.
  

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consumption
\con*sump"tion\ (?; 215), n. [l. consumptio: cf. f. consomption.]
1. the act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction. every new advance of the price to the consumer is a new incentive to him to retrench the quality of his consumption.
2. the state or process of being consumed, wasted, or diminished; waste; diminution; loss; decay.
3. (med.) a progressive wasting away of the body; esp., that form of wasting, attendant upon pulmonary phthisis and associated with cough, spitting of blood, hectic fever, etc.; pulmonary phthisis; -- called also pulmonary consumption
consumption
of the bowels (med.), inflammation and ulceration of the intestines from tubercular disease.

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 economic consumption 
 pulmonary consumption 
 consumption of the bowels 

Gradual destruction, as by burning, eating, etc., or by using up, wearing out, etc.

Darfodedigaeth = n. consumption

Ysiant = n. consumption

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Noun
1. the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
(synonym) ingestion, intake, uptake
(hypernym) bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
(hyponym) eating, feeding
(derivation) consume, ingest, take in, take, have
2. involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
(synonym) pulmonary tuberculosis, phthisis, wasting disease, white plague
(hypernym) tuberculosis, TB, T.B.
3. (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"
(synonym) economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services
(hypernym) demand
(hyponym) conspicuous consumption
(classification) economics, economic science, political economy
4. the act of consuming something
(synonym) using up, expenditure
(hypernym) depletion
(hyponym) burnup

the quantity or quality of the good purchased

using a product or service until it has no remaining value.

To dream that you have consumption, denotes that you are exposing yourself to danger. Remain with your friends.
  

See Energy consumption.

Total price per specified unit, including all taxes, at the point of consumption.

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