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wasting away

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Noun1.wasting away - a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
atrophy, wasting
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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It is TOO bad to feel life, health, and beauty wasting away, unfelt and unenjoyed, for such a brute as that
Agnes Grey by Bronte, Anne View in context
Yet, in all the hurry and crowding of such a time, the child was more alone than she had ever been before; alone in spirit, alone in her devotion to him who was wasting away upon his burning bed; alone in her unfeigned sorrow, and her unpurchased sympathy.
The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context
Turan almost cursed him as he saw the form of Tara of Helium slowly wasting away before his eyes, while the hideous kaldane seemed as full of vitality as ever.
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