wasting

wast·ing  (wstng)

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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wasting·ly adv.

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wasting [ˈweɪstɪŋ]

adj

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

wastingly  adv

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

Translations

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

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

wasting

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

wasting [ˈweɪstɪŋ] adj wasting disease → deperimento organico

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wasting [ˈweɪstɪŋ] adj wasting disease → deperimento organico