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consumption

con.sump.tion \k*n-'s*m(p)-sh*n\ n [ME consumpcioun, fr. L consumption-, 
   consumptio, fr. cons]umptus, pp. of consumere 1: the act or process of 
   consuming  2: the utilization of economic goods in the satisfaction of 
   wants or in the  process of production resulting chiefly in their 
   destruction, deterioration, or transformation 3a: a progressive wasting 
   away of the body esp. from pulmonary tuberculosis  3b: TUBERCULOSIS