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Definitions for: Wasting [n] a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
[n] any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease
Webster (1913) Definition: Wast"ing, a.
Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a
wasting disease; a wasting fortune.
Wasting palsy (Med.), progressive muscular atrophy. See
under Progressive.
Synonyms: atrophy, cachexia, cachexy, wasting away
See Also: amyotrophia, amyotrophy, debility, feebleness, frailness, frailty, infirmity, kraurosis, symptom, tabes
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