wasting

Noun
  1. Any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease (synset 114571697)
    is a type of: debility, feebleness, frailness, frailty, infirmity, valetudinarianism - the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
    same as: cachexia, cachexy
  2. A decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse (synset 114389146)
    is a type of: symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
    subtypes:
    • amyotrophia, amyotrophy - progressive wasting of muscle tissues
    • tabes - wasting of the body during a chronic disease
    • kraurosis - atrophy and shriveling of the skin or mucous membrane
    same as: atrophy, wasting away

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