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