wast·ing (w  st ng)adj. 1. Gradually deteriorating; declining: the wasting process of erosion. 2. Sapping the strength, energy, or substance of the body; emaciating: a wasting disease. wast ing·ly adv. |
wasting
Adjective
reducing the vitality and strength of the body: a pernicious wasting illness
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| Noun | 1. | wasting - any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease 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 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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