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English noun: wasting

1. wasting (state) any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease


Synonymscachexia, cachexy


Broader (hypernym)debility, feebleness, frailness, frailty, infirmity, valetudinarianism

2. wasting (state) a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse


Synonymsatrophy, wasting away


Broader (hypernym)symptom


Narrower (hyponym)amyotrophia, amyotrophy, kraurosis, tabes









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