Definition of consumption

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Noun

the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

Noun

involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body

Noun

(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"

Noun

the act of consuming something

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

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activity bodily function bodily process body process demand depletion T.B. TB tuberculosis

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burnup conspicuous consumption deglutition drink drinking eating feeding imbibing imbibition suck sucking suction swallow

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