consumption

(n) the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) ingestion, intake, uptake,
(n) involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body phthisis, pulmonary tuberculosis, wasting disease, white plague,
(n) (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
- the consumption of energy has increased steadily
economic consumption, use of goods and services, usance, use,
(n) the act of consuming something using up, expenditure,

ingestion intake uptake phthisis pulmonary tuberculosis wasting disease white plague economic consumption use of goods and services usance use using up expenditure

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