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

[ Syn: ingestion , intake , uptake ]

involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body

[ Syn: pulmonary tuberculosis , phthisis , wasting disease , white plague ]

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

[ Syn: economic consumption , usance , use , use of goods and services ]

the act of consuming something

[ Syn: using up , expenditure ]