wasting

/ˈweɪstɪŋ/

/ˈweɪstɪŋ/

Other forms: wastings

Definitions of wasting

1. noun

   any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease
   synonyms: cachexia, cachexy

   type of:

   debility, feebleness, frailness, frailty, infirmity, valetudinarianism

   the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
2. noun

   a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
   synonyms: atrophy, wasting away

   types:

   amyotrophia, amyotrophy

   progressive wasting of muscle tissues

   tabes

   wasting of the body during a chronic disease

   kraurosis

   atrophy and shriveling of the skin or mucous membrane

   kraurosis vulvae

   kraurosis of the vulva; often a precancerous lesion

   type of:

   symptom

   (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease