noun
- The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating.
- Involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body.
- synonyms: pulmonary tuberculosis, phthisis, wasting disease, white plague
- Economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing. (
- usage: "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"
- synonyms: economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services
- The act of consuming something.
- synonyms: using up, expenditure
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