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underconsumption

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con⋅sump⋅tion

  [kuhn-suhmp-shuhn]
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–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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Word Origin & History

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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: con·sump·tion
Pronunciation: k&n-'s&m(p)-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : a progressive wasting away of the bodyespecially from pulmonary tuberculosis
2 : TUBERCULOSIS
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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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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Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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