Akademik

wasting

noun

1. a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse

• Syn: ↑atrophy, ↑wasting away

• Derivationally related forms: ↑atrophy (for: ↑atrophy)

• Hypernyms: ↑symptom

• Hyponyms: ↑amyotrophia, ↑amyotrophy, ↑tabes, ↑kraurosis

2. any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease

• Syn: ↑cachexia, ↑cachexy

• Derivationally related forms: ↑waste, ↑cachectic (for: ↑cachexy), ↑cachectic (for: ↑cachexia)

• Hypernyms: ↑infirmity, ↑frailty, ↑debility, ↑feebleness, ↑frailness, ↑valetudinarianism

Useful english dictionary. 2012.