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con·sump·tion       [kuhn-suhmp-shuhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
2.the amount consumed: the high consumption of gasoline.
3.Economics. the using up of goods and services having an exchangeable value.
4.Pathology.
a.Older Use. tuberculosis of the lungs.
b.progressive wasting of the body.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME consumpcyon (< MF) < L consūmptiōn- (s. of consūmptiō) a consuming, wasting, equiv. to consūmpt(us), ptp. of consūmere to consume (con- con- + sūmp- (var. s. of sūmere to take up, spend) + -tus ptp. suffix) + -iōn- -ion]

—Synonyms 1. depletion, exploitation, utilization.
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con·sump·tion       (kən-sŭmp'shən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. The act or process of consuming.
    2. The state of being consumed.
    3. An amount consumed.
    4. A progressive wasting of body tissue.
    5. Pulmonary tuberculosis. No longer in scientific use.
  2. Economics The using up of goods and services by consumer purchasing or in the production of other goods.
  3. Pathology
    1. A progressive wasting of body tissue.
    2. Pulmonary tuberculosis. No longer in scientific use.


[Middle English consumpcioun, from Latin cōnsūmptiō, cōnsūmptiōn-, a consuming, from cōnsūmptus, past participle of cōnsūmere, to consume; see consume.]

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consumption 
1398, from O.Fr. consomption, from L. consumptionem (nom. consumptio) "a using up, wasting," from consumptus, pp. of consumere (see consume). Earliest sense in Eng. was of wasting disease, in which it replaced O.E. yfeladl "the evil disease." Meaning "the using up of material" is c.1535.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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consumption

noun
1. the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) 
2. involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body [syn: pulmonary tuberculosis] 
3. (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily" 
4. the act of consuming something 

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consumption con·sump·tion (kən-sŭmp'shən)
n.

  1. The act or process of using up something.
  2. A progressive wasting of body tissue.
  3. Pulmonary tuberculosis. No longer in technical use.

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Consumption

Con*sump"tion\ (?; 215), n. [L. consumptio: cf. F. consomption.]

1. The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction.

Every new advance of the price to the consumer is a new incentive to him to retrench the quality of his consumption. --Burke.

2. The state or process of being consumed, wasted, or diminished; waste; diminution; loss; decay.

3. (Med.) A progressive wasting away of the body; esp., that form of wasting, attendant upon pulmonary phthisis and associated with cough, spitting of blood, hectic fever, etc.; pulmonary phthisis; -- called also pulmonary consumption.

Consumption of the bowels (Med.), inflammation and ulceration of the intestines from tubercular disease.

Syn: Decline; waste; decay. See Decline.

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