wasting

wast·ing

 (wā′stĭng)

adj.

1. Gradually deteriorating; declining: the wasting process of erosion.

2. Sapping the strength, energy, or substance of the body; emaciating: a wasting disease.

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wast′ing·ly adv.

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wasting

(ˈweɪstɪŋ)

adj

(prenominal) reducing the vitality, strength, or robustness of the body: a wasting disease.

ˈwastingly adv

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wast•ing

(ˈweɪ stɪŋ)

adj.

1. gradually reducing the fullness and strength of the body: a wasting disease.

2. laying waste; devastating: a wasting war.

[1200–50]

wast′ing•ly, adv.

wast′ing•ness, n.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wasting - any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease cachexia, cachexy debility, feebleness, frailness, frailty, infirmity, valetudinarianism - the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
	2.	wasting - a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse atrophy, wasting away amyotrophia, amyotrophy - progressive wasting of muscle tissues tabes - wasting of the body during a chronic disease symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease kraurosis - atrophy and shriveling of the skin or mucous membrane

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Translations

wasting

[ˈweɪstɪŋ] ADJ [disease] → debilitante; [asset] → amortizable

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

wasting

[ˈweɪstɪŋ] adj [disease] → débilitant(e) chronic wasting disease

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

wasting

adj attr wasting disease → Auszehrung f; this is a wasting disease → das ist eine Krankheit, bei der der Körper allmählich verfällt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

wasting

[ˈweɪstɪŋ] adj wasting disease → deperimento organico

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

wast·ing

n. agotamiento, consunción, pérdida de funciones vitales.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

wasting

n desgaste m;muscle — desgaste muscular

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