Word
Consumption
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
con-sump-tion
Definition
- n. - The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.;
decay; destruction.
- n. - The state or process of being consumed, wasted, or
diminished; waste; diminution; loss; decay.
- 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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