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consumption

n.

The act of consuming
using, eating, using up, decay, burning, expenditure, exhaustion, depletion, dissipation, dispersion, misuse, destruction, devastation, diminution, loss, damage, wear and tear, ruin, desolation; see also destruction 1, eating, waste 1.
Antonyms saving, conservation*, preservation.
Tuberculosis
phthisis, pulmonary consumption, lung disease; see disease, tuberculosis.

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Another word for consumption

noun

A quantity consumed:
usage, use. See give, used
An infectious disease producing lesions especially of the lungs.
No longer in scientific use: phthisic (no longer in scientific use), phthisis (no longer in scientific use), tuberculosis, white plague. See health